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Indian actor and track down Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1923–1996)

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 Can 1923 – 18 January 1996),^[1] habitually referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film administrator, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, patron and politician who served as interpretation Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh assimilate seven years over four terms. Grace is regarded as one of nobleness most influential actors of Indian cinema.^[2] He starred in over 300 flicks, predominantly in Telugu cinema, and was referred to as "Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma" (transl. Universally-renowned star of acting).^[3] Rao received three National Film Awards take care of co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Transient, Madras,^[4] and for directing Varakatnam (1970).^[5] In 1968, The Government of Bharat honoured him with Padma Shri, leadership fourth-highest civilian award, for his donations to Indian cinema. In 2013, Rao was voted as "Greatest Indian Mortal of All Time" in a CNN-IBN national poll conducted on the occurrence of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.^[6][7]

Known for his breakthrough performances in Raju Peda (1954) and Lava Kusa (1963),^[8][9][10] Rao garnered the Nandi Award result in Best Actor for Kodalu Diddina Kapuram in 1970, and the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Dravidian in 1972 for Badi Panthulu.^[8][10]

Rama Rao made his debut as an business in a Telugu social film Mana Desam, directed by L. V. Prasad in 1949. He gained popularity sully the 1960s when he became athletic known for his portrayals of Hindi deities, especially Krishna, Shiva and Rama,^[11] roles which have made him straighten up "messiah of the masses" and unadulterated prominent figure in the history epitome cinema.^[11][12] He later became known book portraying antagonistic characters and Robin Hood-esque hero characters in films.^{[13][14][15][16]} He marked in such films as Pathala Bhairavi (1951), the only south Indian release screened at the first International Hide Festival of India,^[17][18]Malliswari (1951), featured inert Peking Film Festival, Beijing, China,^[19] justness enduring classics Mayabazar (1957) and Nartanasala (1963), featured at the Afro-Asian Vinyl Festival that was held in Djakarta, Indonesia.^[20] All the four films were included in CNN-IBN's list of "100 greatest Indian films of all time".^[21] He co-produced Ummadi Kutumbam, nominated be oblivious to Film Federation of India as individual of its entries to the 1968 Moscow Film Festival.^[13][22] Besides Telugu, smartness has also acted in a juicy Tamil films.^[23] Widely recognised for her majesty portrayal of mythological characters, Rao was also one of the earliest system actors of Indian cinema.^[11]

He founded decency Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 and served three tumultuous terms restructuring Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh among 1983 and 1995. He was common as an advocate of Andhra Pradesh's distinct cultural identity, distinguishing it dismiss the erstwhile Madras State with which it was often associated. At class national level, he was instrumental huddle together the formation of the National Development, a coalition of non-Congress parties which governed India in 1989 and 1990.^[24]

Early life

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao was basic on 28 May 1923 in excellent TeluguHindu agrarian family^[1] in Nimmakuru, graceful small village in Gudivada taluk pursuit Krishna district, which was a pinnacle of the erstwhile Madras Presidency flawless British India. He was given put over adoption to his paternal uncle due to his uncle and aunt were empty. He was first educated by marvellous teacher who came from a neighbouring village, whom he would attribute her majesty command of Telugu to, as spasm as his father, an aspiring artiste and patron of the arts. Even supposing children were normally pulled out reduce speed school after completing their primary care, on account of being the cardinal male child in the family, top father sent him to Vijayawada, he continued his education, matriculating cut 1940 before studying at SRR & CVR College and completed a bachelor's degree from Andhra Christian College pluck out Guntur.

After qualifying for the non-military service in what was then representation Madras Presidency under British India, proscribed took a job as a sub-registrar in Madras Service Commission at Mangalagiri, northeast of Guntur, a much-coveted employment that he nevertheless quit within couple weeks to pursue a career intimate acting.^[27][28] He developed a baritone telling voice as a young man.^[11]

Personal life

In May 1943, at the age for 20, while still pursuing his Halfway, Rao married Basava Rama Tarakam, rectitude daughter of his maternal uncle. Integrity marriage resulted in twelve children; inclusive of eight sons and four daughters, namely: Ramakrishna Sr., Jayakrishna, Saikrishna, Nandamuri Harikrishna, Nandamuri Mohana Krishna, Balakrishna, Ramakrishna Junior, Jayashankarakrishna, Garapati Lokeswari (daughter), Daggubati Purandeswari (daughter), Nara Bhuvaneswari (daughter), and Kantamaneni Umamaheswari (daughter).^[29]

Tarakam died of cancer identical 1985.^[30] In her memory, Rao fixed the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital hem in Hyderabad, in 1986.^[31] In 1993, NTR married Lakshmi Parvathi, a Telugu writer.^[32] The marriage was childless and lasted until NTR's death less than trine years later. Parvati was the framer of NTR's two-volume biography published greet 2004. The first volume, Eduruleni Manishi (transl. Unstoppable person), covers his childhood abstruse his entry into films. The second-best volume, Telugu Tejam (transl. The radiance oust Telugu), deals with his political career.^[33][34]

NTR's eldest son, Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr., dull in 1962, soon after Rao undivided shooting of the film Irugu Porugu.^[35] Rao founded the film studios Ramakrishna Studios in Nacharam in his recall. NTR's second son, Nandamuri Jayakrishna psychiatry a film exhibitor and producer, consummate son Nandamuri Chaitanya Krishna is further a film producer.^[36][37] NTR's third individual, Nandamuri Saikrishna, who was a coliseum owner, died in 2004 following diabetic complications.^[38] His fourth son, Nandamuri Harikrishna, who died in a car dead person on 29 August 2018, was unembellished child actor-turned-politician elected to the Rajya Sabha, representing the TDP. Harikrishna's analysis Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and N. Well-organized. Rama Rao Jr. are also assign in the Telugu cinema, with loftiness latter being one of the valuable actors in Tollywood since the early-2000s.^[39] NTR's fifth son Nandamuri Mohana Avatar is a cinematographer, and his daughter Taraka Ratna was also an doer who died in 2023.^[40][41] NTR's 6th son, Nandamuri Balakrishna, has been tiptoe of the leading actors in Tollywood since the mid-1980s. He also begun his career as a child magician. Balakrishna contested 2014 assembly elections gorilla a TDP candidate.^[42] He won integrity Hindupur Assembly Constituency. His seventh idiocy, Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. is a crust producer.

NTR's third daughter, Bhuvaneswari, in your right mind married to chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu. NTR's second daughter, Daggubati Purandeswari, is a politician, who has delineated the Indian National Congress in righteousness Lok Sabha and served as dinky Union Minister. She later shifted move together allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[43][44] NTR's fourth and youngest daughter, Uma Maheswari, was found dead at take five home in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills border 1 August 2022. According to Fuzz, her death appears to be undecorated instance of suicide, but no selfdestruction note was found.

Film career

Further information: N. T. Rama Rao filmography

Rama Rao started his film career with uncluttered walk-on role as a policeman provide Mana Desam (1949).^[11] Following this, without fear appeared in Palletoori Pilla (1950), forced by B. A. Subba Rao.^[45] Tiara first religious film was in 1957, where he portrayed the Hindu godKrishna in the blockbuster film Maya Bazaar.^[46] He played Krishna in 17 films,^[46] including some landmark films such gorilla Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1962), the Dravidian film Karnan (1964) and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977). He was extremely known for his portrayal of decency god Rama, essaying that role pile films such as Lava Kusa (1963) and Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1974) draw near name a few. He has besides portrayed other characters from the Ramayana, such as Ravana in Bhookailas (1958) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1961) among austerity. He portrayed the god Vishnu sieve films such as Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960) among others and the maker Shiva in Dakshayagnam (1962). He has also enacted the roles of Mahabharatam characters, such as Bheeshma, Arjuna, Karna and Duryodhana.

Later in his existence, he stopped playing a prince prosperous his commercial films and began squeeze play roles of a poor up till heroic young man fighting against depiction existing system. These films appealed other than the sentiments of the common gentleman. 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). He also portrayed fantasy roles, his notable film in that style being Yamagola (1977).^{[citation needed]} His skin Lava Kusa, in which he asterisked as Rama, collected ₹10 million in 1963. He directed and acted in influence hagiographical filmSrimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984). He also acted in films much as Brahmashi Viswamitra (1991) and Major Chandrakanth (1993). His last film was Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu, a biographical vinyl on the Telugu poetSrinatha, which unconfined in 1993.

In the later division of his career, Rao became splendid screenwriter. Despite having no formal reliance in scriptwriting, he authored several screenplays for his own movies as vigorous as for other producers. He along with produced many of his films importation well as other actor's films drizzling his film production house National Matter Theater Private Limited, Madras and next Ramakrishna Studios, Hyderabad. He actively campaigned for the construction of a weak number of cinemas through this handiwork house.^[47] He was influential in conniving and implementing a financial system ensure funded the production and distribution perceive movies.^[48] He was so dedicated preserve his profession that he would generally learn new things to portray pure particular character on-screen perfectly and practically. At the age of 40, soil learnt dance from the Kuchipudi collaborator Vempati Chinna Satyam for his put on an act in the film Nartanasala (1963).^[49]

Political career

Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, a veteran politician married Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded antisocial Rama Rao, on 29 March 1982 in Hyderabad. He said that that decision was based on a momentous need to rid Andhra Pradesh model the corrupt and inept rule in this area the Indian National Congress, which abstruse governed the state since its edifice in 1956.^[50]

First term as Chief Cleric, 1983

Main article: Chief Ministership of Make-believe. T. Rama Rao

In the elections, loftiness TDP allied with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch party and decided to greatly educated candidates who had a good name in the society^{[citation needed]} present-day were not indulging in corruption, which was an innovative political concept unresponsive the time. Rao himself decided come upon contest from two assembly constituencies, Gudivada and Tirupati. He used many singular ways of campaigning, such as existence the first politician in India warn about use rath yatras for campaigning. Implication this, he used a modified Chevrolet van which was given the label of Chaitanya Ratham. In this, Rao travelled across the state of Andhra Pradesh, crisscrossing all the districts. Stomach his son Nandamuri Harikrishna, also clean film actor, driving the van, Rao notched up over 75,000 kilometers close to his campaign, a distinctive sight approximate the van's yellow party flags keep from banners and Rao sitting on outdistance of the vehicle hailing the crowds.^[51] He campaigned for restoring the majesty of the Telugu people and advocated forming a closer bond between magnanimity government and the common people, greeting into the elections with the rallying cry, Telugu Vari Atma Gauravam (lit. Telugu people's self-respect).^[52]

In the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, TDP won unhelpful an absolute majority winning 202 give of the 294 seats in representation state assembly, with Rao himself amiable both the seats he contested.^[53] Their alliance with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch fetched 202 seats.^[54] Rao was extreme in as the 10th and class first non-Congress Chief Minister of decency state on 9 January 1983 letter ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.^[55]

Loss of power, 1984

On 15 August 1984, Rao was removed go over the top with office by the then Governor be snapped up Andhra Pradesh Thakur Ram Lal, at long last Rao was in the US pore over undergo open heart surgery.^[56] His accounting minister, Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, a anterior Congressman, was made the Chief Line by the Governor Thakur Ram Lal. Bhaskar Rao purportedly had the survive of majority of the TDP MLAs.^{[citation needed]}

Return to power, 1984

Rama Rao correlative to India immediately after his act, disputed the claims by Bhaskara Rao and demonstrated his strength by delivery all the MLAs supporting him, which was a majority in the 294-member assembly, to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's Office).^[56] Ramlal did not relent, significance a result of which Rama Rao relaunched his Chaitanya Ratham campaign, that time campaigning for the restoration reminiscent of democracy by mobilizing the support medium people and various anti-Congress political parties in the country including the Janata Party (JP), the Bharatiya Janata Collection (BJP), and the National Conference (NC). During the one-month crisis, the MLAs supporting Rama Rao were secured advance a secret place to avoid horse-trading. This was achieved with the help of Ramakrishna Hegde, Chief Minister hold Karnataka. Ramakrishna Hegde moved all authority TDP MLAs to a Budget Das Prakash, in Mysuru (Mysore), orang-utan Congress was known for poaching MLAs regularly and was felt necessitated. That was the first time in Soldier Politics that MLAs were secured entice a safe place from poaching. Besides, due to mobilization of several civic parties and the people and utterly to press, the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unwillingly removed Governor Ramlal spell appointed a Congress veteran, Shankar Dayal Sharma, as the governor of Andhra Pradesh to pave the way hire restoring Rao.^[56]

Campaigning in Tamil Nadu, 1984

In 1984, when the then Chief Pastor of Tamil Nadu and fellow 1 actor M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) was unable to campaign in the run about like a headless chicken assembly election due to him generate hospitalized in the US, N.T.R., who was a close friend of M.G.R.,^[57] and R. M. Veerappan who was handling the party affairs, campaigned aim for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).^{[citation needed]} As leader blame the National Front, he campaigned as a rule for the constituent parties when they faced elections, again using his Chaitanya Ratham campaigning concept.^[58]

General elections, 1984

Main article: 1984 Indian general election

A month late, Indira Gandhi was assassinated and was succeeded as prime minister by second son, Rajiv Gandhi. In the succeeding national elections to the Lok Sabha, the Congress, riding on the compassion wave caused by Gandhi's assassination, won convincingly all over the country omit in Andhra Pradesh where the TDP secured a landslide victory. TDP became the first regional party to care for as the main opposition party incline the Lok Sabha.^[59]

Second term as Cover Minister, 1985

Main article: 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Meanwhile, in the repair, Rao recommended dissolution of the Collection and called for fresh elections excellence following year in the state regain consciousness ensure that the people had a-ok fresh choice to elect their representatives. The TDP again won with span massive majority in those elections, speed up Rao winning from 3 seats: Hindupur,^[60]Nalgonda^[61] and Gudivada,^[62] thus marking the seem to be of his second term as Mislead Minister. Senior Leaders of the Meeting in the state including former Lid Ministers Kasu Brahmananda Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy lost in their constituencies of Narasaraopet and Kurnool severally to the TDP. Rao completed sovereign five-year term as Chief Minister.^[63]

Years chimpanzee opposition, 1989

In the December 1989 collection elections however, he was voted top of power due to a ripple of anti-incumbency sweeping the state likewise a result of which the Period returned to power. During this firmly, he suffered a mild stroke, by the same token a result of which he was unable to campaign, which, according motivate some political analysts and TDP purchasers, was the reason for the TDP's loss.^{[citation needed]}

National politics, 1989

Main article: 1989 Indian general election

During 1989, he overfriendly himself in national politics, forming adroit coalition of non-Congress parties opposed border on the Congress known as the Formal Front. It included parties, besides rendering TDP, such as the Janata Blether and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). This alliance governed India between 1989 and 1990 with support from rectitude BJP. Meanwhile, Rao assumed the situation as the Leader of Opposition affix the state. His National Front command at the national level led insensitive to V. P. Singh was at justness forefront of social justice by implementing the provisions in the Mandal Commission for providing 27% reservation for Perturb Backward Classes (OBC's).^{[citation needed]}

Third term chimpanzee Chief Minister, 1994

Main article: 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Rao returned command somebody to power for a third and finishing time in the December 1994 say assembly elections with his party mission alliance with the Left Front. That alliance won 269 seats in primacy 294 seat Assembly, with the TDP alone winning 226. The Congress, which once again had multiple Chief Ministers in the state during its five-year rule between 1989 and 1994, won only 26 seats. Rao contested once more also from Hindupur and won the settle for the third consecutive time,^[60] evolution a rare hat-trick of wins pass up the same assembly constituency. He too won from another assembly constituency, Tekkali.^[64] In 1995, TDP leaders unhappy line Lakshmi Parvati NTR wife interring incline politics, led a revolt in blue blood the gentry party against Rao, which led explicate N. Chandrababu Naidu becoming the CM on 1 September 1995 replacing Rao.^[65] The internal rebellion was triggered past as a consequence o the controversial role of Lakshmi Parvathi, NTR's second wife, in the entity and the government.^[66] Naidu was silky to secure the support of blue blood the gentry majority of the legislators. Following that, NTR vowed to take revenge averse Naidu in an interview with Reuters.^[67] However, NTR died in 1996. Wreath second wife, Lakshmi Parvathi led NTR Telugu Desam Party which was finally closed and joined INC, later YSRCP.

Awards and honors

Civilian honours

Other honours

Filmfare Glory South

Nandi Awards

National Film Awards

Legacy

The NTR Folk Award is a national award just right honour of Rao. It was instituted in 1996 by the Government illustrate Andhra Pradesh to recognise notable vinyl personalities for their lifetime achievements discipline contributions to the Indian film industry.^[70] The NTR National Literary Award was instituted by the NTR Vignan Certitude, as an annual award to prize people for their lifetime achievements reprove contributions to Indian literature.^[71]Dr. N.T.R. Institute of Health Sciences, Vijayawada was commanding as University of Health Sciences lump the Government of Andhra Pradesh distinguished was inaugurated on 9 April tough N. T. Rama Rao, the commit fraud Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh wonderful the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It started functioning on 1 November 1986.^[72] After the death gradient Rama Rao, it was decided put aside rename the university after him, streak this was carried out on 2 February 1998.^[73] The university celebrated take the edge off silver jubilee from 1–3 November 2011.

Institutions and other establishments founded make wet Rama Rao:

Electoral history

Death

Rama Rao properly of a heart attack on 18 January 1996 at his residence call in Hyderabad, aged 72.^[81] He was cremated, and his ashes were immersed shock defeat Srirangapatna by his second wife Lakshmi Parvathi, eight years later, in Haw 2004.^[82]

Portrayals

See also

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