Junior NTR: The craze was such that 10 lakh fans reached the audio launch; This is how Junior NTR has changed in 20 years..

The king of mass entertainer films and South superstar Junior NTR is celebrating his 42nd birthday today. Junior NTR, who started his career as a child artist, is now counted among the highest-paid actors in South. His popularity is such that millions of fans gather to get a glimpse of him, which becomes difficult to handle. Junior NTR, who started his career with Telugu cinema, has now become a pan-India star. He is soon going to make his Bollywood debut with the film 'War 2' with Hrithik Roshan. Today, on the occasion of his birthday, let's know about Junior NTR and his journey.

Junior NTR comes from a high-profile family.
Junior NTR comes from a high-profile family. He was born on 20 May 1983 as Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Junior to actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna. His grandfather was a veteran Telugu actor, director, and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao. Junior NTR is also fondly called Tarak. He is carrying forward the legacy of his grandfather and father.

Started as a child artist
Junior NTR started his career as a child artist. In the year 1991, at the age of just 8, he appeared for the first time as a child artist in the film 'Brahmarishi Vishwamitra'. In this film, directed by his grandfather N. T. Rama Rao, Junior NTR played the role of King Bharat. After this, in the year 1997, he appeared in the role of Lord Ram at the age of 14 in the National Award-winning film 'Ramayana'.

First seen in a lead role in 2001, got success from Rajamouli's film
Junior NTR started as a lead actor with the film 'Ninnu Choodalani' in the year 2001. However, this film could not do any wonders. Junior NTR got his first success from SS Rajamouli's first directorial film 'Student No. 1'.

This is how he became a mass hero.
The success of the films 'Adi' in 2002 and 'Simhadri' and 'Rakhi' in 2003 brought Junior NTR to the top the actors of Telugu and gave him the identity of a mass hero. By 2004, Junior NTR's fan following became so tremendous that a crowd of about 10 lakh fans gathered at the audio launch event of the film 'Andhrawala' released this year. After this, Junior NTR gave many hit films like 'Judwaa Number One', 'Badshah', 'Temper', 'Family- Ek Deal', 'Janta Garage', and 'Arvind Sametha'.

Pairing with Rajamouli
Junior NTR's pairing with SS Rajamouli has been quite a hit. So far in his career, Junior NTR has worked with Rajamouli in 4 films, including 'Student No. 1', 'Simhadri', 'Lok-Parlok' and 'RRR'. All four films were superhits.

Sometimes fat, six-pack abs, and Junior NTR changed many looks.

Junior NTR has used many types of looks in his career. Sometimes he has appeared very fat, while in some films his six-pack abs have been seen. In the 2006 film 'Rakhi', he had increased his weight to 100 kg. For 'Lok Parlok', he again changed his look and lost 20 kg. In 'Badshah', Junior NTR was seen in a straight hair look for the first time. While in 'Arvind Sametha', he showed his 6-pack abs for the first time. After this, Junior NTR also looked very fit in Rajamouli's RRR, showing 6-pack abs.

Will debut in Bollywood with 'War 2'

Junior NTR is soon going to debut in Bollywood with Yash Raj Film's spy universe film 'War 2'. In this film, he will be seen with Hrithik Roshan. There are talks of him playing the role of a villain in the film. The audience is eagerly waiting for this film. The film is going to be released on 14th August this year.

For High profile wedding in 2011, the mandap was worth 11 crores

Junior NTR's wedding was also in the news. Because it was a grand wedding. Junior NTR married Lakshmi Pranathi, daughter of businessman Narne Srinivas Rao in the year 2011. The couple has been married for 14 years now.

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