All All. Sign In. Top 50 Telugu Heroes of All Time. The greatest actors of Telugu cinema. As of April List activity. Rama Rao. Born into a farmer's family, Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri got his bachelors of arts degree and took a job with the government. Married to Nandamuri Basavatarakam, he began acting in films, his first being Mana Desam , in which he played a police officer. His first movie as a hero was Palletoori Pilla , which was a huge hit. His subsequent movies-- Showkar , Pathala Bhairavi , Malliswari and Chandraharam --established him as the premier hero in the Telugu film industry.
He acted in a mythological role as Lord Krishna for the first time in Mayabazar and acted in most of the major roles in "Ramayana" and "Mahabharatam", even in Tamil films. He acted in a total of films, including some Tamil and Hindi films. He suffered some career reversals in the late s and early s, but came back with a bang in the late s with some major hits like Adavi Ramudu , Yamagola , Vetagadu He became the first superstar of the Telugu films a position which was held by Chiranjeevi till around An intensely emotional person, he also directed films, built a studio and produced films.
He established the TeluguDesam party in and within a year became the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was an avid advocate of Telugu Pride and made sure his native state.
He married Lakshmi Parvathi in He was re-elected by a landslide in , but was ousted from power by an internal party coup in which his son-in-law and the present Chief Minister, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, took over in He died less than six months later, in because of heart attack. His son Nandamuri Balakrishna is a famous actor in Telugu films. He is survived by six sons and three daughters. One of the best films ever made in the history of Indian cinema.! And also ranks among the top grossing Indian films adjusted for inflation.
He is known to have more than 3 Industry Hits. Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Actor Producer Additional Crew Meghasandesam He was an actor and producer, known for Meghasandesam , Laila Majnu and Devadasu He was married to Annapurna Akkineni.
