35 Facts About Nandamuri Balakrishna

Nandamuri Balakrishna appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as one of the leading actors in the industry.

Nandamuri Balakrishna won three Nandi Awards and one South Indian International Movie Award.

Nandamuri Balakrishna is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Hindupuram constituency since 2014.

Rama Rao, Balakrishna entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of 14 with the film Tatamma Kala and has acted in more than a hundred feature films in varied roles.

Nandamuri Balakrishna has acted in biographical, historical and hagiographical films.

Nandamuri Balakrishna has received three state Nandi Awards for Best Actor for his works in Narasimha Naidu, Simha, and Legend as of 2014.

Nandamuri Balakrishna serves as the Chairman of Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research.

Nandamuri Balakrishna is founder of the NBK Films production house.

Nandamuri Balakrishna earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from Nizam College, Hyderabad.

Nandamuri Balakrishna's elder son-in-law Nara Lokesh is a politician and son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

Nandamuri Balakrishna acted in several films, many of which were directed by his father, including Daana Veera Soora Karna, Sri Madvirata Parvam, Akbar Salim Anarkali and Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam.

Nandamuri Balakrishna then starred in the drama film Mangammagari Manavadu the same year, alongside Bhanumathi and Suhasini, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.

Nandamuri Balakrishna appeared in Janani Janmabhoomi in 1984, directed by K Viswanath.

In 1987, Balakrishna acted in a dual role in the film Apoorva Sahodarulu, directed by K Raghavendra Rao.

Nandamuri Balakrishna then had two releases in 1992, Dharma Kshetram with Divya Bharathi and Rowdy Inspector, directed by B Gopal.

Nandamuri Balakrishna's next appearance was a role in Bhairava Dweepam in 1994, directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.

Nandamuri Balakrishna won his first Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance.

The film and Nandamuri Balakrishna's performance won critical acclaim and was a financial success.

Nandamuri Balakrishna paired with Sneha and Tabu in the mythological movie Pandurangadu, directed by K Raghavendra Rao.

Nandamuri Balakrishna played the dual roles of Krishna and Panduranga.

In 2010, Nandamuri Balakrishna acted in Boyapati Srinu's film Simha, alongside Nayantara and Sneha Ullal.

Nandamuri Balakrishna played a dual role as father and son.

Nandamuri Balakrishna played a triple role in the 2012 action drama Adhinayakudu as grandfather, father and grandson.

Nandamuri Balakrishna was the chief guest for the 43rd International Film Festival of India, 2012.

Nandamuri Balakrishna played the title role in the biographical and historical film Gautamiputra Satakarni, his 100th film.

Wanchoo, the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Nandamuri Balakrishna were seen along with award winners and other dignitaries at the closing ceremony of the 43rd edition of the IFFI.

Nandamuri Balakrishna maintained that the film festivals have enlarged his vision towards his career.

Since the founding of the Telugu Desam Party, Nandamuri Balakrishna campaigned for it in every election, but didn't enter the electoral battle until 2014.

Nandamuri Balakrishna contested the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections on behalf of TDP and won the Hindupur Assembly Constituency seat with a reasonable majority.

Nandamuri Balakrishna is the third from the family to represent it in the State Assembly.

Nandamuri Balakrishna was involved in a shootout controversy which took place on 3 June 2004 around 8:50 PM at his residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

Nandamuri Balakrishna allegedly fired shots at producer Bellamkonda Suresh and his associate, Satyanarayana Chowdhary.

Allegedly, Nandamuri Balakrishna shot Bellamkonda out of self defense, due to the producer attacking him with a "paper knife".

The HRF questioned the authenticity of people who handled the case, and the circumstances under which Nandamuri Balakrishna was shielded from police by being given refuge in Care Hospital without any justifiable cause.

Later, Nandamuri Balakrishna was granted bail on the conditions that he should not leave Hyderabad without the court's permission and to surrender his passport.