Nandamuri Harikrishna Age, Wife, Death, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Nandamuri Harikrishna
Nickname	Krishna
Profession(s)	Politician, Actor, Producer
Politics
Political Party	Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
Political Journey	1995: Joined the TDP 1995-1996: Cabinet Minister for Road Transport in Naidu’s Cabinet 1996: Launched his own party ATDP (Anna Telugu Desam Party) 1996-1999: Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2006: Rejoined the TDP 2008: Candidate of the Telugu Desam Party for election to the Rajya Sabha 2014: Left the Rajya Sabha membership
Personal Life
Date of Birth	2 September 1956
Birthplace	Village Nimmakuru, District Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date of Death	29 August 2018
Place of Death	Nalgonda, Telangana, India
Age (at the time of death)	61 Years
Death Cause	Head injury following a road accident
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Telangana, India
School	Senior Secondary School, Chennai, India
Educational Qualification	10th Standard
Debut	Film (Child Actor): Sri Krishnavataram (1967) Film (Actor and Producer): Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977)
Religion	Hindusim
Caste	Rajput
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Address	H. No. 10-3-310/A/2, Humayan Nagar, Masab Tank, Hyderabad-500 028, Telangana, India
Hobbies	Driving
Award	Nandi Award for Best Character Actor (Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, 2002)
Girls, Affairs, and More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	22 February 1973 (1st Marriage)
Family
Wife/Spouse	Lakshmi Nandamuri (m. 1973) Shalini Bhaskar Rao
Children	Sons- Janaki Ram (died in 2014), Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (both with Lakshmi Nandamuri) Jr. NTR (with Shalini Bhaskar Rao- photo in the wife's section; above) Daughter- Nandamuri Suhasini (with Lakshmi Nandamuri)
Parents	Father- N. T. Rama Rao (Actor, Producer, Director, Editor and Politician- Died in 1996) Mother- Basavatarakam Nandamuri Step-Mother- Lakshmi Parvathi
Siblings	Brothers- • Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr. (Deceased) • Nandamuri Jayakrishna • Nandamuri Saikrishna (Deceased) • Nandamuri Harikrishna (Actor) • Nandamuri Mohanakrishna • Nandamuri Balakrishna (Actor, Politician) • Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. (Film Producer) • Nandamuri Jayashankar Sisters- • Daggubati Purandeswari (Politician) • Nara Bhuvaneswari • Garapati Lokeswari • Kantamaneni Uma (Note- Few are real siblings and few are half-siblings)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Toyota Fortuner
Assets/Properties	Movable Bank Deposits: ₹3 Lakhs Jewellery: ₹7 Lakhs (as in 2014) Immovable A Non-Agricultural Land worth ₹12 Lakhs A Commercial Building worth ₹1.25 Crore
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Not Known
Net Worth (approx.)	₹7 Crore (as in 2014)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nandamuri Harikrishna

Did Nandamuri Harikrishna smoke?: Not Known

Did Nandamuri Harikrishna drink alcohol?: Not Known

Nandamuri Harikrishna was an Indian Politician and actor associated with the Tamil Film Industry where he was one of the most successful child artists.

He was the fourth son of N. T. Rama Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. One of the most popular Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu is his brother-in-law.

He made his first on-screen appearance in 1967 as a child artist in the Telugu Mythological film ‘Sri Krishnavataram’ as ‘Little Krishna’.

He did many Tamil movies like ‘Tatamma Kala’, ‘Ram Raheem’, ‘Siva Rama Raju’, ‘Seetharama Raju’, ‘Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo’, ‘Sravanamasam. etc.

In 1995, after becoming the Cabinet Minister of Road Transport, he gave an opportunity to hundreds of women for the post of the bus conductor.

He took a break from acting, and subsequently, accompanied his father for TDP campaigning, and in 1998, he came back in the film industry by appearing in the movie ‘Sri Ramulayya’.
Nandamuri Harikrishna- Sri Ramulayya

In 2003, his performance as ‘Seetayya’ in the film ‘Seetayya’ was critically acclaimed by the viewers.

On 29 August 2018, at around 5:45 a.m, he died in a road accident when he was driving to Kavali to attend the marriage of one of his fans. His car rammed into a divider and he fell out of the car, as a result, he suffered a severe head injury and was declared “brought dead” by the doctors at the Kamineni Hospital which is 15 km away from the accident site.
Nandamuri Harikrishna Fortuner Car in Road Accident

In his family, this was a third road accident occurred in Nalgonda district on national highways; as his two sons- Janaki Ram and Jr. NTR had also met road accidents; in which Janaki Ram had died while Jr. NTR suffered minor injuries to spine, ribs, and bruises on head and hands.

His lucky number was ‘2323’ and most of his vehicles are registered with the same number. Coincidentally, in 2014, his elder son Janaki Ram died driving a vehicle no. ‘AP29BD2323’ whereas he himself died driving ‘AP28BW2323’.

He died just before 3 days of his 62nd birthday.