Nandamuri Kalyan Ram

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram named his production house, N. T. R. Arts, after his grandfather N. T. Rama Rao when he founded it in 2005. Its first film, Athanokkade, introduced director Surender Reddy and was a critical and commercial success. Born in Hyderabad on 5 July 1978, the Telugu actor and producer is the son of actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna, and his half-brother N. T. Rama Rao Jr. also acts. He studied engineering in Coimbatore and took a master's degree at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. As a child he appeared in Bala Gopaludu (1989) with his uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna, and his run as a lead began with Tholi Choopulone (2003), followed by Abhimanyu. He is best known for action films, from Athanokkade to Hare Ram (2008), 118 (2019) and Bimbisara (2022). He produced and starred in Pataas (2015), Anil Ravipudi's first film as director, and owns the visual effects company Advitha Creative Studios, which worked on Legend, Nannaku Prematho and Krishnashtami. Anil Ravipudi also directs January 12 Vidudala, scheduled for 2027, which he is set to lead and in which Keerthy Suresh plays Latha Reddy.