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Nandamuri Balakrishna is an Indian Film Actor and politician,popularly known as Yuvaratna, Natasimham, often cited as “Balayya”, is known for his works predominantly in the Telugu Cinema.
Balakrishna born 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.
In 1982, at the age of 22, He married Vasundhara Devi, daughter of the owner of SRMT. They have two daughters, Brahmani and Tejaswini, and a son, Taraka Rama Mokshagna Teja. His elder daughter, Brahmani, is an alumnus of Santa Clara University and Stanford University. She has married her cousin, Nara Lokesh, the son of TDP president and present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu.
He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of 14 with the film ‘Tatamma Kala’. In a film career spanning 40 years he has acted in hundred films, in a variety of roles. He has played three different roles as a grandfather, father and grandson for the first time on celluloid screen.
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.
In his 100th film, He plays the role of Gautamiputra Satakarni, 2nd century ruler of the Satavahana Empire in the upcoming biographical epic ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’.
some of his recent movies are ‘Simha’, ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’, ‘Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?’, ‘Legend’, ‘Lion’, ‘Dictator’, ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’.
