N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao( 28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR, 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 greatest actors of Indian cinema and one of the two legends of Telugu cinema, along wih Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
NTR received three National Film Awards for co-producing" Thodu Dongalu"( 1954) and" Seetharama Kalyanam"( 1960) under National Art Theater, Madras, and for directing" Varakatnam"( 1970).
NTR has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Awards for his performance( s) in the" Raju Peda"( 1954) and the" Lava Kusa"( 1963).
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".
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, roles which have made him a" messiah of the masses".
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.
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.
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," Malliswari"( 1951), premiered at Asia Pacific Film Festival, the enduring classics" Mayabazar"( 1957) and" Nartanasala"( 1963), featured at Afro Asian film festival in Jakarta.
All the four films were included in CNN- IBN's list of" Hundred greatest Indian films of all time".
He co-produced" Ummadi Kutumbam", nominated by Film Federation of India as one of its entries to the 1968 Moscow Film Festival.
Besides Telugu, he has also acted in a few Tamil films.
Widely recognised for his portrayal of mythological characters, NTR was one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema, He was referred to in the media as" Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma".
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.
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Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
Sri Madvirat
Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra is a 1984 Telugu hagiographical film, based on life of" Pothuluri Veerabrahmam", produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao under his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner.
N. T. Rama Rao portrayed the characters of Gautama Buddha, Vemana, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara along with the title role.
It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Rati Agnihotri, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi.
Actually, shooting of the film was completed by 1981, but the release got delayed due to objection from the censor board asking to delete a few scenes from the movie, to which NTR did not agree and immediately took the matter to court and finally got it released in November 1984.
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He moved to the United States in 1924 as a member of a Soviet trade commission in trading Siberian furs.
He became involved in the theatrical community in Chicago, founding the Chicago Play Producing Company.
His production of Georg Kaiser's" Gas", which was presented at the Goodman Theatre on January 28, 1926, was particularly successful.
In 1927 he began producing plays in New York City, and married actress Dorothy Libaire in 1930.
Gering became a Hollywood film director for Paramount Pictures in 1931, directing Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard in" I Take This Woman" on his debut.
In 1932 he directed Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and a young Cary Grant in" Devil and the Deep".
He collaborated several times with producer Albert Lewis, producing films together like" Ready for Love" and later stage productions like" The Walking Gentleman" at the Playhouse Theatre.
In 1935 he directed George Raft and Carole Lombard in the film" Rumba", inspired by the success of" Bolero" the previous year, but it was n't as successful.
Gering's stint with Paramount came to an end in 1936, and he then joined Columbia Pictures between 1937 and 1939, and directed the 1937 British picture" Thunder in the City" for the Atlantic Film Company.
His film career came to a halt by the end of the decade.
He tried in the subsequent period, albeit in vain, to build on his previous accomplishments as a theatre producer and to pursue film directing in Europe.
Between 1947 and 1949 he attempted to relaunch his film career in Cuba but with little success.
In 1950 he briefly returned to film directing Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling and Tommy Wonder in the musical drama" Sarumba".
He later reportedly worked as a technical assistant and caretaker in colleges.
He directed the sexploitation film" Violated Paradise"( 1963).
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Question: Do director of film Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra and director of film She Married An Artist share the same nationality?
Answer: no