Nandamuri Balakrishna | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Nandamuri in 2012 | |
| Born | 10 June 1960 |
| Other names | Balayya |
| Education | Nizam College, Hyderabad |
| Occupation |
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| Political party | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) |
| Spouse(s) | Vasundhara Devi (m. 1982) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
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| Family | Nandamuri family |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Hindupur | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | P. Abdul Ghani |
Nandamuri Balakrishna, known as Balakrishna, is an Indian actor and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as one of the leading actors of Telugu cinema. He won three Nandi Awards and one South Indian International Movie Award. He is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Hindupur constituency since 2014.
Son of a Telugu film actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao, Balakrishna entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of fourteen with the film Tatamma Kala (1974) and has acted in more than a hundred feature films in varied roles. He has achieved commercial success since the 1980s in films such as Sahasame Jeevitham (1984), Janani Janmabhoomi (1984), Mangammagari Manavadu (1984), Apoorva Sahodarulu (1986), Muvva Gopaludu (1987), Muddula Mavayya (1989), Nari Nari Naduma Murari (1990), Lorry Driver (1990), Rowdy Inspector (1992), Bangaru Bullodu (1993), Bhairava Dweepam (1994), Peddannayya (1997), Samarasimha Reddy (1999), Narasimha Naidu (2001), Simha (2010) and Legend (2014) some of which earned him accolades.
He has also acted in biographical, historical and hagiographical films. He played poet Vemulawada Bheemakavi in Vemulawada Bheemakavi (1976); Abhimanyu in Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977); Jahangir in Akbar Salim Anarkali (1979); Narada in Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam (1979); Sidda in Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984) which was screened at the Moscow Film Festival; Krishnadevaraya in Aditya 369 (1991) which was screened at the International Film Festival of India; Satya Harischandra and Dushyanta in Brahmarshi Vishwamitra (1991); Lord Krishna and Arjuna in Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam (1996); Pundarika in Pandurangadu (2008); his father, N.T.R, in NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019) and NTR: Kathanayakudu (2019); and Lord Rama in Sri Rama Rajyam (2011) which received special mention at the International Film Festival of India.
In his 100th film, he played Gautamiputra Satakarni, second-century ruler of the Satavahana dynasty in the epic war film Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017). The film was screened at the first "Edinburgh Festival of Indian Films and Documentaries". Balakrishna has received three state Nandi Awards for Best Actor for his works in Narasimha Naidu (2001), Simha (2010), and Legend (2014) as of 2014. In 2014, he received the South Indian International Movie Award for best actor for his work in Legend. Balakrishna serves as the Chairman of Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research. Balakrishna was born in 1960 in Madras (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) to Telugu actor and three-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) and his wife Basavatarakam. 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, Balakrishna married Vasundhara Devi, and they have three children.
| Release Year |
Movie Name | Role | Notes | Box Office Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Tatamma Kala | Balakrishna | Debut film | Flop |
| Ram Raheem | Ramu |
|
Flop | |
| 1975 | Annadammula Anubandham | Naveen |
|
Hit |
| Vemulawada Bheemakavi | Vemulawada Bheemakavi |
|
Flop | |
| 1977 | Daana Veera Soora Karna | Abhimanyudu |
|
Super Hit |
| 1979 | Akbar Salim Anarkali | Salim |
|
Flop |
| Sri Madvirata Parvam | Abhimanyudu |
|
Disaster | |
| Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam | Narada Maharshi |
|
Disaster | |
| 1980 | Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu | Balakrishna |
|
Average |
| 1982 | Anuraga Devatha | Prakash |
|
Above Average |
| 1983 | Simham Navvindi | Balakrishna |
|
Flop |
| 1984 | Sahasame Jeevitham | Ravi | Individual debut as hero | Disaster |
| Disco King | Balakrishna |
|
Disaster | |
| Janani Janmabhoomi | Ramesh |
|
Disaster | |
| Mangammagari Manavadu | Veeranna |
|
Blockbuster | |
| Palnati Puli | Raju |
|
Flop | |
| Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra | Saiyad / Sidda |
|
Super Hit | |
| Kathanayakudu | Ravi |
|
Hit | |
| 1985 | Atmabhalam | Anand Kumar Bhupathi / Durga Prasad |
|
Flop |
| Babai – Abbai | Bala / Balasubramanyam |
|
Flop | |
| Bharyabhartala Bhandam | Radha |
|
Average | |
| Bhale Thammudu | Rajendra |
|
Flop | |
| Kattula Kondaiah | Kiran |
|
Disaster | |
| Pattabhishekam | Balu |
|
Flop | |
| 1986 | Nippulanti Manishi | Parasuram |
|
Below Average |
| Muddula Krishnnayya | Krishnayah |
|
Blockbuster | |
| Seetarama Kalyalam | Raja |
|
Hit | |
| Anasuyamma Gari Alludu | Hari Krishna |
|
Hit | |
| Desoddarakudu | Gopi |
|
Hit | |
| Kaliyuga Krishnudu | Mohana Krishna |
|
Average | |
| 1987 | Apoorva Sahodarulu | Arun Kumar & Ramudu |
|
Average |
| Bhargava Ramudu | Bhargav |
|
Average | |
| Ramu | Ramu |
|
Average | |
| Allari Krishnaiah | Gopala Krishna |
|
Flop | |
| Sahasa Samrat | Ramudu |
|
Flop | |
| President Gari Abbai | Rama Krishna |
|
Flop | |
| Muvva Gopaludu | Gopi |
|
Hit | |
| Bhanumati Gari Mogudu | Jaya Krishna |
|
Flop | |
| 1988 | Inspector Pratap | Inspector Pratap |
|
Flop |
| Donga Ramudu | Rama Krishna |
|
Flop | |
| Tiragabadda Telugubidda | Inspector Ravi Teja |
|
Flop | |
| Bharatamlo Bala Chandrudu | Balachandra |
|
Disaster | |
| Ramudu Bheemudu | Ramudu & Bheemudu |
|
Flop | |
| Raktabhishekam | Pardhasaradhi |
|
Average | |
| 1989 | Bhale Donga | Surendra |
|
Hit |
| Muddula Mavayya | Raja |
|
Hit | |
| Ashoka Chakravarthy | Ashok |
|
Flop | |
| Bala Gopaludu | Bangaru Muvva Bala Gopalam |
|
Average | |
| 1990 | Prananiki Pranam | Raja |
|
Disaster |
| Nari Nari Naduma Murari | Venkateswara Rao |
|
Super Hit | |
| Muddula Menalludu | Raja |
|
Flop | |
| Lorry Driver | Bala Murali |
|
Hit | |
| 1991 | Talli Tandrulu | Anand |
|
Flop |
| Brahmashri Vishwamitra | Satya Harischandra & Dushyanthudu |
|
Disaster | |
| Aditya 369 | Sri Krishnadeva Rayalu & Krishna Kumar |
|
Above Average | |
| 1992 | Dharmakshetram | Beneerji |
|
Disaster |
| Rowdy Inspector | Inspector Ramaraju |
|
Blockbuster | |
| Aswamedham | Kireeti |
|
Flop | |
| 1993 | Nippu Ravva | Suryam |
|
Disaster |
| Bangaru Bullodu | Balakrishna |
|
Hit | |
| 1994 | Bhairava Dweepam | Vijaya |
|
Blockbuster |
| Gandeevam | Raja |
|
Disaster | |
| Bobbili Simham | Vijaya Raghava Bhupathi |
|
Hit | |
| Top Hero | Balu |
|
Flop | |
| 1995 | Maatho Pettukoku | Arjun & Kishtaiah |
|
Flop |
| 1996 | Vamsanikokkadu | Raja |
|
Hit |
| Shri Krishnarjuna Vijayam | Lord Krishna & Arjuna |
|
Disaster | |
| 1997 | Muddula Mogudu | Vamsi |
|
Flop |
| Peddannayya | Ramakrishna Prasad & Bhavani Prasad |
|
Super Hit | |
| Devudu | Devudu |
|
Disaster | |
| 1998 | Yuvaratna Raana | Raana / Ramu |
|
Flop |
| Pavitra Prema | Manikyam |
|
Below Average | |
| 1999 | Samarasimha Reddy | Abbulu / Vaasu / Samarasimha Reddy |
|
Hit |
| Sultan | Sultan & Pruthvi |
|
Flop | |
| Krishna Babu | Krishna Babu |
|
Disaster | |
| 2000 | Vamsoddarakudu | Suryam |
|
Flop |
| Goppinti Alludu | Murali Manohar / Bheemudu |
|
Flop | |
| 2001 | Narasimha Naidu | Narasimha Naidu |
|
Hit |
| Bhalevadivi Basu | Sagar / Prabhu |
|
Flop | |
| 2002 | Seema Simham | Durga Prasad |
|
Flop |
| Chennakesava Reddy | Chennakesava Reddy & Bharat |
|
Average | |
| 2003 | Palnati Bramhanaidu | SSS Bhavani Shankar |
|
Disaster |
| 2004 | Lakshmi Narasimha | DCP Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy |
|
Hit |
| Vijayendra Varma | Colonel Vijayendra Varma |
|
Flop | |
| 2005 | Allari Pidugu | ACP Rajith Kumar & Giri |
|
Flop |
| 2006 | Veerabhadra | Murali Krishna |
|
Disaster |
| 2007 | Maharadhi | Bala/Krishna/Krish/Balayya/Balakrishna |
|
Disaster |
| 2008 | Okka Magadu | Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram & Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy |
|
Disaster |
| Pandurangadu | Lord Krishna & Pudarika Ranganathudu |
|
Disaster | |
| 2009 | Mitrudu | Aditya |
|
Flop |
| 2010 | Simha | Dr. Narasimha & Prof. Srimanarayana |
|
Blockbuster |
| 2011 | Parama Veera Chakra | Major Jai Simha & Hero Chakradhar |
|
Disaster |
| Sri Rama Rajyam | Lord Sri Rama |
|
Below Average | |
| 2012 | Adhinayakudu | Harish Chandra Prasad, Rama Krishna Prasad & Bobby |
|
Disaster |
| Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? | Rudramaneni Narasimha Rayudu |
|
Flop | |
| Srimannarayana | Srimannarayana |
|
Average | |
| 2014 | Legend | Jaidev & Krishna |
|
Blockbuster |
| 2015 | Lion | Godse / Bose |
|
Flop |
| 2016 | Dictator | Chandra Shekar Dharma / Chandu |
|
Average |
| 2017 | Gautamiputra Satakarni | Gautamiputra Satakarni | 100th Film | Super Hit |
| Paisa Vasool | Theda Singh / RAW Agent Balakrishna Nandamuri |
|
Flop | |
| 2018 | Jai Simha | Narasimha |
|
Hit |
| 2019 | N.T.R: Kathanayakudu | N. T. Rama Rao | Also as Producer | Disaster |
| N.T.R: Mahanayakudu |
Disaster | |||
| Ruler | Dharma / Arjun Prasad |
|
Disaster | |
| 2020 | Narthanasala | Arjuna | Also as Director |
Average |
| 2021 | Akhanda | TBA |
|
Not Yet Released! |
| Total Releases: | 106 |
|---|---|
| All Time Blockbuster: | 00 |
| Blockbusters: | 06 |
| Super Hit: | 05 |
| Hit: | 16 |
| Semi Hit: | 00 |
| Average: | 12 |
| Below Average: | 03 |
| Above Average: | 02 |
| Flop: | 37 |
| Disasters: | 25 |
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