Nandamuri 
                    Balakrishna fondly called by his fans as bAlayya needs no 
                    introduction. He entered the film Industry at the age of 14 
                    through his home production tAtammakala, in which he had the 
                    opportuinty to work with the two legends of Tollywood, Late 
                    Sri NTR and Dr. Bhanumati Ramakrishna. For 10 successive years 
                    he acted off and on in movies mostly produced under his home 
                    production. 1984 is the year when his first movie as a solo 
                    hero was released and interestingly he acted in very less 
                    number of movies made under his home productions after that. 
                     
                   Even 
                    though entered the film industry because of his father, later 
                    his hard work, discipline, talent and dedication made him 
                    stand in the industry. He had been acting in movies for the 
                    past 27 years but unlike some of his peers, he never cared 
                    to celebrate the 10th or the 25th anniversaries of his movie 
                    career. He is a simple person and likes to stay away from 
                    publicity, which is one of the factors that didn't get him 
                    the due recognition. He believes in astrology and numerology 
                    and doesn't want to do things in "rahu kalam".  
                   He 
                    acted in a movie called annadammula anubandham, a remake of 
                    Dharmendra's hindi hit yadonki barat at the age of 16. Upon 
                    watching this movie, the other legend of the Telugu film industry 
                    Sri. ANR's comment was "simham kaDupuna simham puTTindi". 
                    Interestingly he acted in a brother's role to his real life 
                    father in that movie as well as in "rouDI rAmuDU konTe kRshNuDu", 
                    and in a son's role to his real life brother Hari Krishna 
                    in the movie "dAna vIra Sura karNa". He won the hearts of 
                    many people for his role of "aBimanyuDu" in that movie, which 
                    also had his legendary father dominating most of the scenes 
                    in a triple role. In the year 1984, he acted in 3 blockbusters, 
                    "mangamma gAri manavaDu", "kathAnAyakuDu" and his home production 
                    "SrI madvirAT pOtulUri vIrabrahmEndra svAmi caritra".  
                   In 
                    the year 1986, he had delivered 6 hits in a row. During the 
                    year of 1993 only two of his movies were released and surprisingly 
                    both of them were released on the same day. This is one of 
                    the unique feats that none of his contemporaries would ever 
                    dare to try. He bid farewell to the previous millennium in 
                    style by giving the biggest hit of the previous millennium 
                    with "smmara simhA reDDi". The one thing his fans are eagerly 
                    looking from him is a superduper hit in the combination of 
                    ace director Sri. K.Raghavendra Rao, who had given such blockbusters 
                    like aDavi rAmuDu, vETagADu etc. This combination was able 
                    to deliver only a mediocre hit (apUrva sahOdarulu) and an 
                    average hit (paTTABishEkam) out of the 5 movies they did so 
                    far.  
                  BAlayya 
                    is famous for his roles in the movies made with village backdrop. 
                    The undeniable factor is that, among his contemporaries, he 
                    is the only hero who is best suitable for playing the mythological 
                    and folklore roles in movies, for which his legendary father 
                    was famous. He worked as an associate director for his father's 
                    last directional venture (samrAT aSOka).An ardent fan and 
                    admirer of his father, he had equal if not more respect for 
                    his father's contemporaries. His dream projects are gOna gannA 
                    reDDI and Chenghis Khan and want to direct these movies under 
                    his own banner. He needs to improve in the areas of proper 
                    planning and needs to adapt quickly to the changing trends 
                    in the industry. We at idlebrain.com, wish him on the occasion 
                    of his 44thd Birthday and wish him all success in his future 
                    projects and life.  
                  The 
                    following are some details about this Box Office Bonanza. 
                     
                  Some 
                    of his Firsts and Bests:  
                  1. First 
                    movie : tatamma kala  
                    2. First movie he acted with his father: tatamma kala  
                    3. First movie he acted with Sri. ANR: Bharyabhartala Bandham 
                     
                    4. First Dual role movie: Apoorva Sahodarulu  
                    5. First Mythological movie: Dana Veera Soora Karna  
                    6. First Historical Movie: Akbar-Salim-Anarkali  
                    7. First 100 days movie: Mangammagari Manavadu (after started 
                    acting full time)  
                    8. First Silver Jubilee: Mangammagari Manavadu  
                    9. First Golden Jubilee: Mangammagari Manavadu  
                    10. First Director: Sri. D. Yoganand (tatamma kala)  
                    11. First 100 days movie in Karnataka: Mangammagari Manavadu 
                     
                    12. First movie based on a novel: Bhargava Ramudu  
                    13: First Heroine: Ms. Jayamalini (annadammula anubandham) 
                     
                    14: First black and white movie: Ram-Rahim  
                    15: First movie with Sri. Harikrishna: Ram-Rahim  
                    16: Heroine he acted mostly with: Ms. VijayaSanthi  
                    17: Director he acted mostly under: Sri. A. Kodandarami Reddy 
                     
                  He 
                    had acted in 4 Golden Jubilee movies produced under the Bhargav 
                    Arts (producer Sri. S. Gopala Reddy) banner. 8 of his movies 
                    collected a gross of more than 1 crore in the first week (his 
                    movie dharmakshEtram collected a gross of 2+ crores in the 
                    first week).He had 6 golden Jubilee movies to his credit so-far. 
                    His last year's blockbuster SamaraSimha Reddy ran for 175 
                    days in 32 centers(all-time India record beating maine pyar 
                    kiya's 27 theatres, and interestingly the previous state record 
                    during slab time also belonged to him which is Muddula Krishnayya 
                    in 21 theatres). His latest sensational hit 'Narasimha Naidu' 
                    turned out to be biggest hit of Telugu cinema Industry and 
                    it is collected a staggering amount of 30 crores in the total 
                    run. 
                  The 
                    following are some of the historical and mythological roles 
                    he appeared in:  
                  Lord 
                    SrI rAma: mangamma gAri manavaDu, sItA 
                    rAma kaLyANam, SrI kRshNArjuna vijayam  
                    Lord SrI kRshNa: mangamma gAri manavaDu, SrI kRshnArjuna vijayam 
                     
                    AbhimanyuDu: dAna vIra Sura karNa  
                    BAlacandruDu: muddula kRshNayya  
                    NAraduDu: SrI tirupati vEnkaTEsvara kaLyANam  
                    Chatrapati SivAJi: dESOddhArakuDu RArAju  
                    suyOdhanuDU: dESOddhArakuDu  
                    Lord Siva: sItA rAma kaLyANam  
                    BRhannala: tAp hIrO  
                    PravarAKyuDU: Bargava rAmuDu  
                    BimasEnuDU: rAmudu-BimuDu  
                    HariSchandruDu: brahmarshi viSvAmitra  
                    DushyantuDu: brahmarshi viSvAmitra  
                    BhImakavi: vEmulavADa Bimakavi  
                    SalIm: skbar salim anArkali  
                    Arjuna: SrI kRshNArjuna vijayam  
                    SrI kRshNa dEvarAyalu: Aditay 369  
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