Balakrishna (actor)
| Nandamuri Balakrishna | |
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Sketch of Balakrishna
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| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Hindupur |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | P. Abdul Ghani |
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| Born |
10 June 1960 Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse(s) | Vasundhara Devi (m. 1982) |
| Children | 3 |
| Mother | Basavatarakam |
| Father | Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao |
| Relatives | See Nandamuri family |
| Education | Nizam College, Hyderabad |
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Nandamuri Balakrishna is an Indian film actor and politician known for his works predominantly in the Telugu cinema. He is the sixth son of Telugu film actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of fourteen with the film Tatamma Kala. In a film career spanning forty years, he has acted in a hundred feature films in a variety of roles. He has played three different roles as a grandfather, father and grandson for the first time on the big screen.
Known for his dancing skills, Balakrishna has received two state Nandi Awards and the South Indian International Movie Award for best acting. Balakrishna was the guest of honor at the 43rd International Film Festival of India. Balakrishna is the Chairman of Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research. He is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the Hindupur. In his 100th film, he essayed Gautamiputra Satakarni, 2nd century ruler of the Satavahana Empire in the epic war film Gautamiputra Satakarni. The film was subsequently dubbed into Hindi and Tamil languages.
Balakrishna was born in 1960 in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu to Telugu actor and son of three-time former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and his wife Basava Tarakam. As the Telugu film industry was based in Madras at the time, he spent his entire childhood in Madras. During his adolescence, he moved to Hyderabad following the shifting of the Telugu film industry to that city. He earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from Nizam College, Hyderabad, Telangana.
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