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'His days are numbered,' Mr. Rama Rao said of his son-in-law.
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao was born in a rural village outside Hyderabad on May 28, 1923. He was one of a number of Indian movie stars who have built populist political careers out of soaring popularity gained from the cinema. With large areas of rural hinterland still desperately poor, open-air movie shows powered by clattering generators still serve as one of the most powerful links with the world beyond the hardscrabble world of buffalos and rice paddies.
After starting up the Telugu Desam Party in 1982, Mr. Rama Rao treated politics as another sound stage.
Best known for his portrayals of Hindu idols, especially Krishna, the warrior-god who is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology, he ran his early campaigns from what he called his 'chariot of valor,' a green 1940's Chevrolet pick-up truck. His excursions resembled religious events more than political rallies, and he kept his message simple: 'I am with the people.'
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His opponents criticized him for what they described as empty promises of cheap rice, free school lunches and, in his last campaign in 1994, total prohibition of alcohol. To maintain his demigod aura, he dressed in robes of saffron or white, and encouraged followers to prostrate themselves and touch his feet in the traditional Hindu gesture of fealty.
Mr. Rama Rao's first state government, in 1983, quickly collapsed as a result of factionalism among his followers. In 1985 he won a landslide election and ruled until 1989, when he was defeated following charges of corruption and economic mismanagement. He was back with another landslide victory in 1994, but by then the seeds of his final ouster had been sown.
A widower, he had married for the second time shortly before the 1994 vote, a woman more than 30 years his junior, Lakshmi Parvati, who had approached him with an offer to write his biography.
Within weeks, members of the Rama Rao family were complaining that Lakshmi Parvati had taken the reins of power, appointing her own loyalists to top positions in the government, shutting Mr. Rama Rao off from his own relatives and plotting to suceed him as chief minister.
But Mr. Rama Rao turned a deaf ear, saying that she was a source of what he called 'great philosophies.' In August 1995, Mr. Naidu and one of Mr. Rama Rao's sons, Harikrishna Rama Rao, led a revolt in the state assembly that ousted Mr. Rama Rao and replaced him with Mr. Naidu.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Rama Rao is survived by six sons and four daughters from his first marriage.
N. T. Rama Rao | |
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
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In office 9 January 1983 – 16 August 1984 | |
Governor | K. C. Abraham Thakur Ram Lal |
Preceded by | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy |
Succeeded by | N. T. Rama Rao |
In office 16 September 1984 – 2 December 1989 | |
Governor | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Preceded by | Nadendla Bhaskara Rao |
Succeeded by | Marri Chenna Reddy |
In office 12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995 | |
Governor | Krishan Kant |
Preceded by | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy |
Succeeded by | Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 May 1923[1] Nimmakuru, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Died | 18 January 1996 (aged 72)[2] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India) |
Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
Political party | Telugu Desam Party (1982–1996) |
Other political affiliations | National Front(1989–1996) |
Spouse(s) | (deceased) Lakshmi Parvathi (m. 1993) |
Children | Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr. (deceased) Nandamuri Jayakrishna Nandamuri Saikrishna (deceased) Nandamuri Harikrishna(deceased) Nandamuri Mohanakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. Nandamuri Jayashankar Krishna Nara Bhuvaneswari Kantamaneni Uma Maheswari Daggubati Purandeswari Garapati Lokeshwari |
Parents | Nandamuri Laxmaiah Chowdary Nandamuri Venkata Ramamma |
Alma mater | Andhra-Christian College, Guntur |
Awards | Padma Shri (1968) National Film Awards |
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923[1] – 18 January 1996), popularly known as N.T R, was an Indian actor, producer, director, editor and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He is widely regarded as one of the best actors of Indian cinema.[3][4] NTR received three National Film Awards for co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Theater, Madras,[5] and for directing Varakatnam (1970).[6] NTR has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Awards for his performance(s) in the films Raju Peda (1954) and Lava Kusa (1963).[7][8][9] He garnered the Nandi Award for Best Actor for Kodalu Diddina Kapuram in 1970, and the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu in 1972 for Badi Panthulu.[7][9][10]
NTR made his debut as an actor in a Telugu social film Mana Desam, directed by L. V. Prasad in 1949. He gained popularity in the 1950s when he became well known for his portrayals of Hindu deities, especially Krishna and Rama,[11] roles which have made him a 'messiah of the masses'.[12] He later became known for portraying antagonistic characters and Robin Hood-esque hero characters in films. In total, he starred in 300 films, and has become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema.[13][14][15][16] He was voted 'Greatest Indian Actor of All Time' in a CNN-IBN national poll conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.[17][18][19][20]
He starred in such films as Patala Bhairavi (1951), which premiered at the first India International Film Festival, held in Mumbai on 24 January 1952,[21][22]Malliswari (1951), premiered at Asia Pacific Film Festival,[23] the enduring classics Mayabazar (1957) and Nartanasala (1963), featured at Afro Asian film festival in Jakarta.[24] All the four films were included in CNN-IBN's list of 'Hundred greatest Indian films of all time'.[25]
He co-produced Ummadi Kutumbam, nominated by Film Federation of India as one of its entries to the 1968 Moscow Film Festival.[13][26]Besides Telugu, he has also acted in a few Tamil films.[27] Widely recognised for his portrayal of mythological characters, NTR was one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema,[11] He was referred to in the media as Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma.[28] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1968, recognizing his contribution to Indian cinema.
After his career in films, NTR entered politics. He founded the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 and served three tumultuous terms as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 1983 and 1995. He was known as an advocate of Andhra Pradesh's distinct cultural identity, distinguishing it from the erstwhile Madras State with which it was often associated. At the national level, he was instrumental in the formation of the National Front, a coalition of non-Congress parties which governed India from 1989 until 1990.[29]
- 3Political career
- 5Awards and honors
- 7Legislative career
Early life[edit]
Rao was born on 28 May 1923[1] in Nimmakuru, a small village in Gudivada taluk of Krishna District, which was a part of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. He was born to a farming couple, Nandamuri Lakshmaiahand Venkata Ramamma, but was given in adoption to his paternal uncle. He attended school at first in his village, and later in Vijayawada. After his matriculation in 1940, he studied at SRR & CVR college in Vijayawada and at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. In 1947, he joined the Madras Service Commission as a sub-registrar at Prathipadu of Guntur District, a much-coveted job that he nevertheless quit within three weeks to devote himself to acting. After quitting the job, he started a food business in Bombay(Now Mumbai) under the name of Andhra mess for a few months.[30] He developed a baritone singing voice as a young man.[11]
Film career[edit]
NTR started his film career with a walk-on role as a policeman in Mana Desam (1949).[11] Following this, he appeared in Palletoori Pilla, directed by B. A. Subba Rao.[31]His first mythological film was in 1957, where he portrayed Krishna in the blockbuster film Maya Bazaar.[32] He essayed the role of Krishna in 17 films,[32] including some landmark films such as Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1962), the Tamil film Karnan (1964) and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977). He was also Known for his portrayal of Lord Rama, essaying that role in films such as Lava Kusha (1963) and Shri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1974) to name a few. He has also portrayed other characters from the Ramayana, such as Ravana in Bhookailas (1958) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1961) among others. He portrayed Lord Vishnu in films such as Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960) among others and Lord Shiva in Dakshayagnam (1962). He has also enacted the roles of Mahabharatha characters, such as Bheeshma, Arjuna, Karna and Duryodhana.
Later in his career, he stopped playing the role of a prince in his commercial films and began to play roles of a poor yet heroic young man fighting against the existing system. These films appealed to the sentiments of the common man. Some of these films are Devudu Chesina Manushulu (1973), Adavi Ramudu (1977), Driver Ramudu (1979), Vetagadu (1979), Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980), Kondaveeti Simham (1981), Justice Chowdhary (1982) and Bobbili Puli (1982). He also portrayed fantasy roles, his notable film in that genre being Yamagola (1977).[citation needed]His film Lava Kusa, in which he starred as Rama, collected 10 million rupees in 1963. He directed and acted in the hagiographical filmShrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984). He also acted in films such as Brahmasri Viswamitra (1991) and Major Chandrakanth (1993). His last film was Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu, a biopic on the Telugu poetSrinatha, which released in 1993.
In the later half of his career, NTR became a screenwriter. Despite having no formal training in script writing, he authored several screenplays for his own movies as well as for other producers. He also produced many of his films as well as other actor's films through his film production house National Art Theater Private Limited, Madras and later Ramakrishna Studios, Hyderabad. He actively campaigned for the construction of a large number of cinemas through this production house.[33] He was influential in designing and implementing a financial system that funded the production and distribution of movies.[34] He was so dedicated to his profession that he would often learn new things in order to portray a particular character on-screen perfectly and realistically. At the age of 40, he learnt dance from the renowned Kuchipudi dancer Vempati Chinna Satyam for his role in the film Nartanasala (1963).[35]
Political career[edit]
N. Bhaskara Rao,a veteran politician joined Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by NTR, on 29 March 1982 in Hyderabad. He said that this decision was based on a historic need to rid Andhra Pradesh of the corrupt and inept rule of the Indian National Congress, which had governed the state since its formation in 1956 and whose leadership had changed the Chief Minister five times in five years.[36]
First term as Chief Minister, 1983[edit]
In the elections, the TDP allied with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch party and decided to field educated candidates who had a good name in the society[citation needed] and were not indulging in corruption, which was an innovative political concept at the time. NTR himself decided to contest from two assembly constituencies, Gudivada and Tirupati. NTR used many innovative ways of campaigning, such as being the first politician in India to use rath yatras for campaigning. However, it was MGR who had started the open top van campaigning for elections, as it was felt that he can address the roadshows as an alternative to the mammoth meetings, which involves large amount of money as well as manpower.[37] For this, he used a modified Chevrolet van which was given the name of Chaitanya Ratham. In this, NTR travelled across the state of Andhra Pradesh, crisscrossing all the districts. With his son Nandamuri Harikrishna, also a film actor, driving the van, NTR notched up over 75,000 kilometres during his campaign, a distinctive sight with the van's yellow party flags and banners and NTR sitting on top of the vehicle hailing the crowds.[38] NTR campaigned for restoring the dignity of the Telugu people and advocated forming a closer bond between the government and the common people, going into the elections with the slogan, Telugu Vari Atma Gauravam (lit. Telugu people's self-respect).[39]
In the elections, the TDP won by an absolute majority, winning 202 out of the 294 seats in the state assembly, with NTR himself winning both the seats he contested.[citation needed] Their alliance with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch fetched 202 seats.[citation needed] NTR was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.[40]
Loss of power, 1984[edit]
On 15 August 1984, NTR was removed from office by the then Governor of Andhra Pradesh Thakur Ram Lal, while NTR was in the USA to undergo open heart surgery.[41] His finance minister, Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, a former Congressman who was the chief architect of the TDP during its inception, was made the Chief Minister by the Governor Thakur Ram Lal. Bhaskar Rao purportedly had the support of majority of the TDP MLAs which was never the case.
Return to power, 1984[edit]
NTR returned to India immediately after his surgery, disputed the claims by Bhaskara Rao and demonstrated his strength by bringing all the MLAs supporting him, which was a majority in the 294 member assembly, to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's Office).[41] Ramlal did not relent, as a result of which NTR relaunched his Chaitanya Ratham campaign, this time campaigning for the restoration of democracy by mobilizing the support of people and various anti-Congress political parties in the country including the Janata Party (JP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left Front, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and the National Conference (NC). During the one-month crisis, the MLAs supporting NTR were secured in a secret place to avoid horse-trading. Due to mobilization of several political parties and the people and due to press, the Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, unwillingly removed Governor Ramlal and appointed a Congress veteran, Shankar Dayal Sharma, as the governor of Andhra Pradesh to pave the way for restoring NTR.[41] Shankar Dayal Sharma removed Bhaskara Rao from power and restored NTR as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in September 1984.[citation needed]
Campaigning in Tamil Nadu, 1984[edit]
In 1984, when the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and fellow actor M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) was unable to campaign in the state elections due to his being hospitalised in the USA. NTR, who was a close friend of MGR[42] and R.M.Veerappan who was handling the party affairs, campaigned for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK),[citation needed] despite the fact that party was an ally of the Congress at the time. Download hypersonic 2 full free zip. As leader of the National Front, he campaigned extensively for the constituent parties when they faced elections, again using his Chaitanya Ratham campaigning concept.[43]
General elections, 1984[edit]
Statue of NTR
A month later, Indira Gandhi was assassinated and was succeeded as prime minister by her son, Rajiv Gandhi. In the ensuing national elections to the Lok Sabha, the Congress, riding on the sympathy wave caused by Gandhi's assassination, won convincingly all over the country except in Andhra Pradesh where the TDP secured a landslide victory. TDP achieved the rare distinction of becoming the first regional party to become the main opposition party in the Lok Sabha.
Second term as Chief Minister, 1985[edit]
Meanwhile, in the state, NTR recommended dissolution of the Assembly and called for fresh elections the following year in the state to ensure that the people had a fresh choice to elect their representatives. The TDP again won with a massive majority in those elections, with NTR winning from 3 seats; Hindupur,[44]Nalgonda[45] and Gudivada,[46] thus marking the beginning of his second term as Chief Minister. Senior Leaders of the Congress in the state including former Chief Ministers Kasu Brahmananda Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy lost in their constituencies of Narasaraopet and Kurnool respectively to the TDP. NTR completed his five-year term as Chief Minister.[citation needed]
Leader of opposition, 1989[edit]
In the December 1989 assembly elections however, he was voted out of power due to a wave of anti-incumbency sweeping the state as a result of which the Congress returned to power. NTR himself lost from Kalwakurthy by a narrow margin to the Congress,[47] but retained the Hindupur assembly seat.[44] During this time, he suffered a mild stroke, as a result of which he was unable to campaign, which, according to some political analysts and TDP supporters, was the reason for the TDP's loss.
National politics, 1989[edit]
During 1989, he established himself in national politics, forming a coalition of non-Congress parties opposed to the Congress known as the National Front. It included parties, besides the TDP, such as the Janata Dal, the DMK, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Indian Congress (Socialist). This alliance governed India between 1989 and 1990 with support from the Left Front and the BJP. Meanwhile, NTR assumed the position as the Leader of Opposition in the state. His National Front government at the centre led by V. P. Singh was at the forefront of social justice by implementing the provisions in the Mandal Commission for providing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC's).[citation needed]
Third term as Chief Minister, 1994[edit]
NTR returned to power for a third and final time in the December 1994 state assembly elections with his party in alliance with the Left Front. This alliance won 269 seats in the 294 seat Assembly, with the TDP alone winning 226. The Congress, which once again had multiple Chief Ministers in the state during its five-year rule between 1989 and 1994, won only 26 seats. NTR contested again from Hindupur and won the seat for the third consecutive time,[44] achieving a rare hat-trick of wins from the same assembly constituency. He also won from another assembly constituency, Tekkali.[48]Chandra Babu Naidu led a revolt in the party against NTR, showing his 2nd wife Lakshmi Parvathi's interference in the administration as a reason and that led to his becoming the CM on September 1, 1995 replacing NTR.[49]
Personal life[edit]
In May 1943, at the age of 20, while still pursuing his Intermediate, NTR married Basava Rama Tarakam, the daughter of his maternal uncle. The couple had eight sons and four daughters.[50]
His eldest son, Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr., died in 1962, soon after NTR completed shooting of the film Irugu Porugu.[citation needed] NTR founded the film studio Ramakrishna Studios in Nacharam in his memory. His fourth son, Nandamuri Harikrishna, who died in a tragic car accident on 29 August 2018, was a child actor-turned-politician elected to the Rajya Sabha, representing the TDP. Harikrishna's sons Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Jr. NTR are also actors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood).[51] His sixth son, Nandamuri Balakrishna is one of the leading actors in Tollywood from the mid-1980s. He also started his career as a child artist. Balakrishna has contested 2014 assembly elections as a TDP candidate.[52] He won the Hindupur Assembly Constituency. His seventh son, Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. is a film producer. His third son, Nandamuri Saikrishna, who was a theatre owner, died in 2004 following diabetic complications.[53] The other sons Jayakrishna and Mohanakrishna are noted cinematographers. Mohanakrishna's son Taraka Ratna is also a Tollywood actor.
NTR's second daughter, Daggubati Purandeswari has represented the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha and was a Union Minister. She shifted her allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[54][55]
Basava Tarakam died of cancer[56] in 1985. In her memory, NTR established the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad in 1986.[57] In 1993, NTR married Lakshmi Parvathi, a Telugu writer.[58] She was the author of his 2-volume biography of NTR, published in 2004. The first volume, Eduruleni Manishi deals from his childhood to his entry into films. The second volume, Telugu Tejam deals with his political career.[59][60]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Civilian honor
- 1968 Padma Shri award from Government of India
- National Film Awards
- 1954 – Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu (producer — National Art Theater) for Thodu Dongalu[6][61]
- 1960 – Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu (producer — National Art Theater) for Seetharama Kalyanam[62]
- 1968 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (director- National Art Theater) for Varakatnam[62]
- Rashtrapati Awards
- 1954 – Best Acting for Raju Peda[8][9]
- 1963 – Best Acting for Lava Kusa[7][9]
- Nandi Awards
- 1970 – Nandi Award for Best Actor for Kodalu Diddina Kapuram[7][9]
- Filmfare Awards South
- 1972 — Best Telugu Actor for Badi Panthulu
Other honors[edit]
- 1978 — Honorary Doctorate from Andhra University
Legacy[edit]
N.T.Rama Rao's memorial at NTR Gardens, Hyderabad
- The NTR National Award is a national award in honour of NTR. It was instituted in 1996 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise notable film personalities for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Indian film industry.[63]
- The NTR National Literary Award was instituted by the NTR Vignan Trust, as an annual award to recognise people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to Indian literature.[64]
- Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences was established as University of Health Sciences by the government of Andhra Pradesh and was inaugurated on 9 April by N. T. Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It started functioning on 1 November 1986.[65] After the death of Rama Rao, it was decided to rename the University after him, and this was carried out on 2 February 1998.[66] The university celebrated its silver jubilee from 1–3 November 2011.
- His life and acting career and later life and political career are showcased in the movies N.T.R: Kathanayakudu and N.T.R: Mahanayakudu, respectively, with Nandamuri Balakrishna playing the title character.[67] Another movie capturing his later life is the upcoming Lakshmi's NTR.[68]
Legislative career[edit]
As Assembly member[edit]
Year | Legislative Election | Constituency | Result |
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1983 | 7th Assembly | Gudivada | Won |
Tirupati | |||
1985 | 8th Assembly | Gudivada | |
Hindupur | |||
Nalgonda | |||
1989 | 9th Assembly | Hindupur | |
Kalwakurthy | Lost | ||
1994 | 10th Assembly | Hindupur | Won |
Tekkali |
Death[edit]
NTR died of a heart attack on 18 January 1996 at his residence in Hyderabad, aged 72.[2] He was cremated and his ashes were immersed at Srirangapatna by his second wife eight years later, in 2004.[69]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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Preceded by Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 1983–1984 | Succeeded by Nadendla Bhaskara Rao |
Preceded by Nadendla Bhaskara Rao | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 1984–1989 | Succeeded by Marri Chenna Reddy |
Preceded by Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 1994–1995 | Succeeded by Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
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