Nandamuri Harikrishna Dies at 61; Ramesh Bala, VP Venkaiah Naidu & Others Mourn Death of Telugu Actor & TDP Leader

Nandamuri Harikrishna died in a tragic road accident this morning. He was actor-turned-TDP leader and former Chief Minister NT Rama Rao’s son. The shocking road accident took place this morning as Nandamuri was driving to Kavali in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Harikrishna sustained critical head injuries when the car in which he was travelling along with two others overturned while overtaking another vehicle near Anneparthi. The vehicle hit the divider and collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Nandamuri Harikrishna Dies in a Road Accident in Telangana; He Was 61

He was shifted to Kamineni Hospital at Narketpally, where he passed away. Harikrishna was a member of the TDP politburo and brother-in-law of TDP President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Bigwigs from the Southern film industry took to Twitter to express how shocked and upset they are after they got to know about the sad demise of Nandamuri Harikrishna.

Ramesh Bala

Actor, Politician and Father of #NTR - #NandamuriHarikrishna has passed away due to a road accident jus a few mins back..

Shocking..

May his soul RIP! pic.twitter.com/eUyJX7QzrH

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) August 29, 2018

Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

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

Sreedhar Pillai

Actor, Politician and Son of legendary #NTR and father of @tarak9999- #NandamuriHarikrishna passed away in a road accident in Andhra early today morning. #RIPHarikrishnaGaru pic.twitter.com/nKcRdN6Knz

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) August 29, 2018

RJ Chaitu

Sad to hear the demise of our own #nandamuriharikrishna garu. Our deepest condolences to your family Anna @tarak9999 may his soul RIP 😔🙏

— RJ Chaitu (@RJChaitu) August 29, 2018

Some of his popular movies include Seetayya, Seetharama Raju, Siva Rama Raju, and Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo.

Nandamuri is survived by two wives Lakshmi and Shalini, two sons Junior NTR and Kalyan Ram and daughter Suhasini. His eldest son Janki Ram was also killed in road accident in 2014 in the same district.

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