N. T. Rama Rao Jr. - Career in Telugu Cinema

Career in Telugu Cinema

He began his career as a child artist. The first movie he starred in was Brahmarshi Viswamithra directed by N. T. R. But his full length major role was in the movie Bala Ramayanam directed by Guna Shekar. Tarak made his re-entry into the Tollywood with Ninnu Choodalani in 2001; but it failed to perform well at the box office. He mentioned in an interview that his remuneration for "Ninnu Choodalani" was about 6 lakh Rupees.

However in the same year he went on to gain fame with Student No. 1 directed by S.S. Rajamouli, followed by soft love story Subbu and Aadi, which was a blockbuster, and brought immediate stardom for him. In year 2003, he came up with a political movie Naaga. Even though the movie raised some political issues worth giving a thought, it settled as an average grosser. However his next movie Simhadri went on to become a Industry Hit

In 2004, his career took a down turn with Andhrawala. Though Samba fared as above average grosser his next movies Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu released in year 2005 did badly at box office. In 2006, his film Ashok had the biggest opening week gross in his career but did not appease his fans.

His next movie Rakhi directed by Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi, which proved an average grosser at the box office, gained him admirable reviews from fans and critics alike. His next movie, Yamadonga, which was inspired by his grandfather's blockbuster Yamagola, released in August 2007 brought him back into the super-hit stream, and became the sensational movie of the year, Yamadonga Tarak's next film was Kantri, released in May 2008 exposed his superb skill of dancing but did average at box office with 25 Crores. In year 2010 he appeared in two movies, and both of them Adhurs in which he played a dual role and Brindavanam succeeded well at box-office with 31cr world wide share Then Shakthi released on 1 April 2011 and it failed to perform well at the box office. Tarak played the lead role in the film Oosaravelli, directed by Surender Reddy, which was released on 6 October 2011 and though it received mixed reviews, it generated good revenue at the box office.

Another movie titled Dammu under the direction of Boyapati Seenu was released on 27 April 2012. Which received mixed reviews But the movie managed to collect good revenue at box office With 36cr world wide share . After the average of Dhammu, he is now heading for Baadshah with Srinu Vaitla and first look of the film is released on his birthday. The shooting of the film was supposed to start on 1 July 2012 in Italy, but was postponed to 9 July 2012.

Baadshah became the biggest Blockbuster of 2013 and collected 56+ Cr World wide till 4 weeks and stood at 3rd Position in All time top 3 TFI films.

NTR is currently doing a film Ramayya Vasthavayya with Harish Shanker and expected to release on Aug 9, 2013.

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