#Sr Ntr S Rar At Prathipadu

Other than acting, NTR is also a producer and director.Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ( – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR, was an Indian actor, producer, director, film editor and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. Since then, there has been no looking back for him. He appeared in a lead role in the 1950 movie, Palletoori Pilla, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi. NTR made his debut in the film industry in 1949, with the Telugu film, Mana Desam in which he played the role of policeman.

NTR) Movies List: Hits, Flops. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr(Jr. He garnered the Nandi Award for Best Actor for Kodalu Diddina Kapuram in 1970, and the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu in 1972 for Badi Panthulu. He has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Awards for his performance in the Raju Peda (1954) and the Lava Kusa (1963). Rao received three National Film Awards for co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Theater, Madras, and for directing Varakatnam (1970).

He was voted 'Greatest Indian Actor of All Time' in a CNN-IBN national poll conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema. He is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema. He later became known for portraying antagonistic characters and Robin Hood-esque hero characters in films. He gained popularity in the 1950s when he became well known for his portrayals of Hindu deities, especially Krishna and Rama, roles which have made him a 'messiah of the masses'. He is mostly known for his single take acting, dialogue delivery and dancing without rehearsals.Rao made his debut as an actor in a Telugu social film Mana Desam, directed by L. In his film career spanning 20 years, Rama Rao has worked in over 29 films.

Besides Telugu, he has also acted in a few Tamil films. He co-produced Ummadi Kutumbam, nominated by Film Federation of India as one of its entries to the 1968 Moscow Film Festival. All the four films were included in CNN-IBN's list of 'Hundred greatest Indian films of all time'.

At the national level, he was instrumental in the formation of the National Front, a coalition of non- Congress parties which governed India from 1989 until 1990. He was known as an advocate of Andhra Pradesh's distinct cultural identity, distinguishing it from the erstwhile Madras State with which it was often associated. He founded the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 and served three tumultuous terms as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 19.

Sr Ntr S Rar At Prathipadu

In 1947, he joined the Madras Service Commission as a sub-registrar at Prathipadu of Guntur district, a much-coveted job that he nevertheless quit within three weeks to devote himself to acting. After his matriculation in 1940, he studied at SRR & CVR College in Vijayawada and at the Andhra Christian College in Guntur. He attended school at first in his village, and later in Vijayawada. He was born to a farming couple, Nandamuri Lakshmayya Chowdary and Nandamuri Venkata Ramamma, but was given in adoption to his paternal uncle because his uncle and aunt were childless.

He was also known for his portrayal of Lord Rama, essaying that role in films such as Lava Kusha (1963) and Shri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1974) to name a few. He played Krishna in 17 films, including some landmark films such as Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1962), the Tamil film Karnan (1964) and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977). His first mythological film was in 1957, where he portrayed Krishna in the blockbuster film Maya Bazaar. Following this, he appeared in Palletoori Pilla, directed by B. Film career Rao portraying Girisam character in Kanyasulkam (1955)Rama Rao started his film career with a walk-on role as a policeman in Mana Desam (1949).

He also portrayed fantasy roles, his notable film in that genre being Yamagola (1977). Some of these films are Devudu Chesina Manushulu (1973), Adavi Ramudu (1977), Driver Ramudu (1979), Vetagadu (1979), Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980), Kondaveeti Simham (1981), Justice Chowdary (1982) and Bobbili Puli (1982). These films appealed to the sentiments of the common man. He has also enacted the roles of Mahabharatha characters, such as Bheeshma, Arjuna, Karna and Duryodhana.Later in his career, he stopped playing a prince in his commercial films and began to play roles of a poor yet heroic young man fighting against the existing system. He portrayed Lord Vishnu in films such as Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960) among others and Lord Shiva in Dakshayagnam (1962).

He also produced many of his films as well as other actor's films through his film production house National Art Theater Private Limited, Madras and later Ramakrishna Studios, Hyderabad. Despite having no formal training in scriptwriting, he authored several screenplays for his own movies as well as for other producers. His last film was Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu, a biopic on the Telugu poet Srinatha, which released in 1993.In the later half of his career, Rao became a screenwriter. He also acted in films such as Brahmasri Viswamitra (1991) and Major Chandrakanth (1993). He directed and acted in the hagiographical film Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984).

At the age of 40, he learnt dance from the renowned Kuchipudi dancer Vempati Chinna Satyam for his role in the film Nartanasala (1963). He was so dedicated to his profession that he would often learn new things in order to portray a particular character on-screen perfectly and realistically. He was influential in designing and implementing a financial system that funded the production and distribution of movies.

He campaigned for restoring the dignity of the Telugu people and advocated forming a closer bond between the government and the common people, going into the elections with the slogan, Telugu Vari Atma Gauravam (lit. With his son Nandamuri Harikrishna, also a film actor, driving the van, Rao notched up over 75,000 kilometres during his campaign, a distinctive sight with the van's yellow party flags and banners and Rao sitting on top of the vehicle hailing the crowds. In this, Rao travelled across the state of Andhra Pradesh, crisscrossing all the districts. For this, he used a modified Chevrolet van which was given the name of Chaitanya Ratham.

Rao was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State. Their alliance with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch fetched 202 seats. In the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, TDP won by an absolute majority winning 202 out of the 294 seats in the state assembly, with Rao himself winning both the seats he contested.