Nandamuri Harikrishna cremated with state honours

Harikrishna started his film career as a child artist in Sri Krishnavataram in 1967. He acted in three other films: Talla Pellama, Dana Veera Sura Karna and Tatamma Kala as a child artist. After a break of several decades, his films -- Sri Ramulayya,

Nandamuri Harikrishna was born in 1956 at Nimmakuru here in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He did his SSC at Senior Secondary School in Chennai, while his father NTR was acting in films. He was married to Lakshmi Kumari, and is survived by a dau

Harikrishna rebelled against Naidu and founded 'Anna TDP' on January 26, 1999. Anna TDP contested in the 1999 elections but could not win a single seat.

When N Chandrababu Naidu differed with his father in law NTR and took over the reigns of the TDP, Harikrishna supported the rebellion initially and got a berth in Naidu's cabinet in 1995.

As the third son of former CM N T Rama Rao, Harikrishna's struggle within the family politics was not a smooth journey as sometimes he sided with his brother in law and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and many a times raised his voice against N

Actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna rose up to the level of a cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh and Rajya Sabha member.

Harikrishna’s last letter to his fans in Telugu on the occasion of his birthday on September 2. He asked fans not to celebrate his birthday and set up flexis. He even told them to help the victims of Kerala floods and those impacted due to heavy rai

Nalgonda SP Ranganath said that Harikrishna was not wearing a seat belt due to which he was thrown out of the car and fell on the road leading to severe injuries resulting in death

On December 6, 2014, Harirksihna’s another son Janakiram was killed in a road mishap at Akupamula crossroads on Hyderabad Vijayawada highway. His Tata Safari vehicle rammed into a tractor that was coming in the wrong direction.