NTR

NTR, the one man who has a lot of faces to his personality, was born on 28 May 1923 in Andhra Pradesh.

NTR, as he's known to the world, needs no introduction at all as he still lives in the hearts of the people, especially the people of the state, Andhra Pradesh. For the contribution he's given to the state and the standards set are just unforgettable and quite remarkable that the people are always grateful to him.

First, NTR stands unique as an actor. The mythological roles he played prove his outstanding acting capabilities that one can never expect any other actor to act and live in those roles as NTR did. As it comes to his socio-fantasi films, his first movie was Mana Desam in 1949 in which he had a small role but Palleturi Pilla in which he played the leading role could bring the hero out and the movie itself was a smash hit.

NTR has acted in 254 movies in all and 15 films in one year i.e 1964. He acted in 42 mythological films and though he first performed the role of lord Krishna in Sontha Vooru , the role he played in Maaya Bazar earned him all the glory.

NTR played dual roles, performed three roles in Daana Veera Soora Karna in 1977 and in 1997, he played five roles in "Sri Madvirata Parvam".

Later, through his own establishment - NAT Productions, NTR produced his first movie Pitchi Pullaiah in 1953 which couldn't click but the next movie Todu Dongalu was a hit and won the "Best Movie" award from the state government - AP in 1954. NTR was given the Best Actor award for the role he played as "Krishna Devaraya" in Tenali Rama Krishna and a few of his films ran for 25 weeks in the state while two of his movies Adavi Ramudu and Yama Gola celebrated "Golden Jubilee" having run for 50 weeks. One of NTR's films Lava Kusha ran for 75 weeks and broke all the previous records in the Tollywood and is a record still intact in the books.

As an actor, producer and director - NTR has stood atop.

In a state where he won the hearts of millions, it was, he thought, his obligation to make an entry into politics establishing his own party named after his mother land, Telugu Desam in a way to serve his own people and it was a great trend that he created history as the state had given the verdict for him in the very first election he faced immediately after the establishment of his own party. And it was how he ruled the state for 9 years nonstop. Still, it's his party that governs the state.

As he was still in the Chief Ministership of AP, he was elected to be the "Chairman" of "National Front", a party which ruled the nation under the guide lines of NTR. He had had his say in the central government too. All his life, NTR abided by the principles and values he set for himself and for the people achieving the landmarks in a hard way through a lot of determination thus becoming one of the greatest personalities in the history.