Watch Balayya dedicating Sri Rama Dandakam to NTR on his birthday.
In the 1940s, nandamuri taraka rama rao resigned his government position as a sub-registrar to explore acting chances. He made his cinema debut in the 1949 film Mana Desam in a tiny part as a police officer, and the rest is history. Palletoori Pilla was NTR's first leading role. NTR's popularity was cemented with kadiri Venkata Reddy's film Pathala Bhairavi, and he never looked back.
As speculated previously that Balayyav would dedicate Sri Rama Dandakam to ntr, the event has finally aired on youtube later today. NTR's biopic was also remade with nandamuri balakrishna playing the role of NTR. ntr was awarded the padma shri by the government of india in 1968 and he was one of the best actors in indian cinemas.