N. T. Rama Rao Jr. filmography and awards

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. filmography

Rama Rao in 2018 promoting Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
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Television series	6

N. T. Rama Rao Jr., also referred as Jr. NTR, is an Indian actor, television presenter, and playback singer who works in Telugu films. Rama Rao first appeared as a child artiste in the film Brahmashri Vishwamitra, written, directed and starred by his grandfather N. T. Rama Rao in 1991.^[1] He went on to play the titular role as Rama in the 1996 mythological film Ramayanam. Rama Rao made his debut as a lead actor in 2001 with the film Ninnu Choodalani, which was a box office failure. He tasted his first success in the same year with the S. S. Rajamouli's directorial debut, coming-of-age action film Student No.1.^[2]

Though Subbu which released in the same year could not impress the audience,^[3] his 2002 action film Aadi was a massive success.^[4] For the film, Rama Rao received Nandi Special Jury Award presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.^[5] The two next films Allari Ramudu and Naaga were back-to-back failures. His second collaboration with the director S. S. Rajamouli was the 2003 action film Simhadri, which ended up as one of the biggest blockbusters of that year. In the film, Rama Rao is seen as a kind-hearted man, Simhadri who has a violent past.^[6] In 2005, Rama Rao played a dual role for the first time film Andhrawala directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film could not reach the high expectations and bombed at the box office.^[7] Samba which released in the same year had a decent response but his subsequent films Naa Alludu, Narasimhudu and Ashok were a string of failures.^[8][9]

In 2006, Rama Rao starred in the film Rakhi, which is considered one of his finest performances.^{[citation needed][by whom?]} Though the film was an average grosser, his performance in the role of innocent man-turned vigilante and climax sequence were praised particularly.^[10] In 2007, Rama Rao made his third collaboration with the director S. S. Rajamouli for the socio-fantasy film, Yamadonga. For this film, the actor made a complete body transformation and shed extra kilos.^[10][11] The film was praised for its unique story and performances and became one of the biggest hits of that year.^[12] Rama Rao has won his first Filmfare Award as Best Actor – Telugu for the film.^[13]

In 2010, Rama Rao featured in two films, Adhurs and Brindavanam, both of the were successful ventures. Over the next few years, Rama Rao starred in several films, notably Oosaravelli and Baadshah. His consequent films, Ramayya Vasthavayya and Rabhasa were box office failures which received lukewarm response both audience and his fans alike, for which Rama Rao was deeply disappointed and promised his fans to work harder.^[14] In 2015, Rama Rao made his second collaboration with the director Puri Jagannadh in the action film Temper which gave the actor a much needed comeback.^[15] In the film, he played a corrupt police officer, whose life changes after stumbling upon a rape case. In his landmark 25th film, Rama Rao featured in the 2016 thriller - drama, Nannaku Prematho written and directed by Sukumar. The film explored emotional relationship between a father and his son spanning the last 30 days of the father's life.^[16] Despite being an average grosser domestically, the film performed exceedingly well in the overseas.^[17] In the same year, his film Janatha Garage, directed by Koratala Siva and co-starred by Malayalam actor Mohanlal, became the highest-grossing Tollywood film of that year collecting nearly ₹134.8 crore.^[18] In 2017, Rama Rao played triple role for the first time in the action film Jai Lava Kusa which also grossed more than ₹100 crores. In the same year, he featured as the host for the first season of the television series Bigg Boss .^[19]

In 2018, the actor teamed up with the director Trivikram for the action drama film, Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava. In the film, Rama Rao played a young man who decides to put an end to the bloodshed between two warring villages.^[20] The film remains the biggest hit of his career, grossing more than ₹165 crore.^[21] In his fourth collaboration with the director S. S. Rajamouli, Rama Rao is set to play the role of the Indian revolutionary, Komaram Bheem in the period action film titled RRR.^[22] In 2021, Rama Rao returned to television as a host for the game show Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu, the Telugu version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.^[23]

Films[]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1991	Brahmarshi Vishwamitra	Bharata	Debut movie, child artiste[1]
1996	Ramayanam	Rama	Lead role, child artiste[24][25]
2001	Ninnu Choodalani	Venu	First adult lead role
	Student No. 1	Aditya
	Subbu	Balasubramanyam
2002	Aadi	Aadi Keshava Reddy
	Allari Ramudu	Ramakrishna
2003	Naaga	Nagaraju
	Simhadri	Simhadri / Singamalai[a]
2004	Andhrawala	Munna / Shankar Pehlawan[b]
	Samba	Samba Siva Naidu
2005	Naa Alludu	Karthik / Murugan[a]
	Narasimhudu	Narasimhudu
2006	Ashok	Ashok
	Rakhi	Ramakrishna "Rakhi"[a]
2007	Yamadonga	Raja
2008	Kantri	Kantri / Kranthi
	Chintakayala Ravi	Himself	Special appearance in song "Shaava Shaava"
2010	Adhurs	Narasimhacharlu "Chari" / Narasimha[b]
	Brindavanam	Krishna "Krish"
2011	Shakti	Shakti Swaroop / Maha Rudra[b]
	Oosaravelli	Tony
2012	Dammu	Ramachandra / Raja Vijay Dhwaja Sri Simha[a]
2013	Baadshah	Baadshah / N. T. Rama Rao[a]
	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Nandu / Ramu[a]
2014	Rabhasa	Karthik
2015	Temper	Daya
2016	Nannaku Prematho	Abhiram
	Janatha Garage	Anand
2017	Jai Lava Kusa	Jai "Raavan" Kumar / Lava Kumar / Kusa[c]
2018	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Veera Raghava Reddy
2022	RRR	Komaram Bheem

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Playback singing[]

Awards and nominations[]

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External links[]

• NTR at IMDb
• NTR on Twitter