Nandamuri Harikrishna, actor, TDP leader and son of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh NT Rama Rao, died in a road mishap near Nalgonda in Telangana early on Wednesday morning. He was 61. He is the father of popular actor Junior NTR.
According to a report in NDTV, the accident took place at 6.30 am when the actor-politician was driving his Toyota Fortuner to attend a wedding in Nellore. An official said the car hit the median at high-speed and Harikrishna was thrown out of the driver’s seat and suffered serious head and chest injuries. Two other occupants in the car sustained minor injuries. More details are awaited.
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It is also said that Harikrishna was rushed to Kamineni Hospital, 15 km away from the accident spot, where he was declared dead at 7.30 am. According to a report in The New Indian Express, doctors in the hospital said Harikrishna was brought in with serious head injuries and severe blood loss.
Hearing the news, various leaders from political parties and celebrities from the film industry expressed their condolences to his family.
Extremely saddened to hear about the sudden demise of Shri Nandamuri Harikrishna. My condolences to Balakrishna garu, Tarak, Kalyan Ram & the whole Nandamuri family. Rest in peace, Sir.
— Allu Sirish (@AlluSirish) August 29, 2018
As a popular actor he has entertained the telugu audience. As a parliamentarian, he was very upright and expressed his opinions frankly . My condolences to his family, well wishers and followers at this time of grief.#NandamuriHarikrishna
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) August 29, 2018
I lost my brother Nandamuri HariKrishna today. There is nothing I can say more. A great loss.
— Mohan Babu M (@themohanbabu) August 29, 2018
Shocked to hear tragic accident & death of Sri Nandamuri Harikrishna. My deepest condolences to his family & fans. May his soul rest in peace.@ncbn @jrntr #ActorBalakrishna
— R Sarath Kumar (@realsarathkumar) August 29, 2018
Sad to hear #NandamuriHarikrishna sir passed away. my deepest condolences to your family @tarak9999 sir 🙁
— Nivetha Pethuraj (@ItsMeNivetha) August 29, 2018
Shocked to hear the demise of #NandamuriHarikrishna garu. Our deepest condolences for their family. We lost a great human being, may his soul Rest In Peace pic.twitter.com/39TdbpdLB9
— SRIKANTH MEKA (@actorsrikanth) August 29, 2018
Shocked to hear about #NandamuriHarikrishna garu’s demise. A wonderful and kind person. May his soul rest in peace. My heartfelt condolences and prayers to @NANDAMURIKALYAN @tarak9999 and the entire Nandamuri family & fans.
— Allari Naresh (@allarinaresh) August 29, 2018
చాలా రోజులు ఐయింది నిన్ను చూసి, కలవాలి తమ్ముడు..that’s what he said a few weeks ago and now he is gone.all I feel is a void,I will miss you Anna!!!! pic.twitter.com/T9epx3ZEEk
— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) August 29, 2018
In 1980, Harikrishna drove around his father NT Rama Rao’s Chaitanya Ratham, a customised Chevrolet van, in the nine-month campaign during the inception of the TDP and was also made State Transport Minister when NTR became Chief Minister.
He was the fourth son of NT Rama Rao and was a Rajya Sabha member between 2008 and 2013. His sons Kalyan Ram and Junior NTR are actors, while his eldest son, Nandamuri Janakiram was killed in a road accident in 2014 in the same district.
Harikrishna made his debut in films as a child artiste in Krishnavataram in 1964 and was seen in guest roles in films such as Ram Rahim and Daana Veera Sura Karna. He then took a break from films and entered politics. He returned to films in 1998 with a cameo in Mohan Babu-starrer Sriramulayya.
