People once called Junior NTR ugly due to his increased weight, family adopted him after fan’s death

Film ‘RRR’ actor Junior NTR aka Nandamuri Tarak Rama Rao Jr. is celebrating his 41st birthday today on 20th May. Born in a family of actors and politicians, Junior NTR got entry into films at a young age, but you will be surprised to know that he had to face a lot of criticism in the beginning. Actually, when the young actor entered films as a hero, the audience did not like his style. In those days, he used to weigh around 94 kg and people used to criticize him fiercely by calling him fat and ugly. However, after this the actor worked hard on himself and within no time he became dear to every heart.

Junior NTR was born on this day on 20 May 1983 to film actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna. The art of acting was inherited by him because not only his father but also his grandfather and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao was also a famous Telugu actor and filmmaker.

People started joking about weight

‘RRR’ actor Junior NTR, who became a joke among people due to his weight, did such a physical transformation that the audience was surprised to see it. These days, he is also making a lot of headlines for his Bollywood debut with Hrithik Roshan in his upcoming film ‘War 2’.

Entered films at the age of 8

Junior NTR started as a child actor at the young age of 8 with the film ‘Brahmrishi Vishwamitra’. He played the role of King Bharat in this film directed by his grandfather. After this, at the age of 14, he played the role of Prabhu Shri Ram in ‘Ramayanam’ and this film also received the National Award for Best Children’s Film.

In the year 2006, people trolled fiercely regarding looks and weight.

Perhaps many people may not know that the actor took training in Kuchipudi dance during his college studies and then appeared as a lead hero in ‘Ninnu Chudalani’. In this film released in 2001, the actor was only 18 years old. In the same year, his another film ‘Student No. 1’ came, which became a hit. However, the surprising thing is that in the 2006 film ‘Rakhi’, she was trolled fiercely for her looks and weight. In fact, during the shooting of this film, his weight increased to 100 kg.

He showed 6 pack abs for the first time in ‘Arvind Sametha’

Ultimately, Junior NTR worked hard on his look and lost about 20 kg of weight. Everyone liked her changed look in Rajamouli’s film ‘Lok Parlok’, released in 2007. After this film, Junior NTR started experimenting with his looks often. He gave hit films like ‘Simhadri’, ‘Lok-Parlok’ and ‘RRR’, ‘Temper’, ‘Family- Ek Deal’, ‘Janata Garage’ and ‘Arvind Sametha’. In ‘Arvind Sametha’ he showed 6 pack abs for the first time, which fans were surprised to see.

Long break after father’s death, made a comeback with ‘RRR’

After his father’s death in 2018, he took a long break of about 4 years and then made a comeback with director Rajamouli’s film ‘RRR’. In this film too, the actor worked hard for his look and was seen with 6 pack abs look. The film ‘RRR’ is included in the top list of South’s highest grossing films.

Adopted by family after fan’s death

In the year 2013, an event was organized regarding the film ‘Badshah’, in which a stampede broke out and a fan of the actor died. It is said that he had helped that fan’s family with Rs 5 lakh and had also adopted that family. The actor takes full care of the needs of that family.

Jr NTR’s net worth

According to the latest report, if we talk about the net worth of Jr. NTR, he is the owner of property worth Rs 450 crore. This includes income from investments, commercial advertising and acting. His fans also call him by names like Young Tiger of Tollywood, Pan India Star. It is reported that the actor is charging Rs 50 crore for Hrithik Roshan’s film ‘War 2’.