10 Lesser-Known Facts About 'Devara' Actor & Telugu Megastar Jr. NTR

Fans are super-excited for Jr. NTR's solo release 'Devara'. As the megastar awaits his big release, here are some lesser-known facts about the Telugu megatsar.

New Delhi: Jr. NTR is one of Telugu industry's most celebrated stars. The actor is now awaiting the release of his upcoming period-action film 'Devara' co-starring Janhvi Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. Taraka's film is up for release after the much-celebrated SS Rajamouli film 'RRR', in which he co-starred alongside Ram Charan. Fans are super-excited for Jr. NTR's solo release 'Devara'. As the megastar awaits his big release, here are some lesser-known facts about the Telugu megatsar.

10 Lesser-known facts about Jr. NTR

1. Did you know that besides his mother tongue Telugu, Jr. NTR is also quite fluent in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, French and German besides English.

2. is favourite actresses are Sridevi Catherine Zeta-Jones.

3. Tarak considers cooking to be a stress buster. He also happens to be a great cook.

4. Jr. NTR had a grand set constructed for his marriage, which was supervised by the famous prodcution designer Anand Sai.

5. Jr. NTR is a well-trained Kuchipudi dancer and trained for 11 years in it. He also gave several performances in his youth in many events helf by Telugu Association of North America (TANA), European Telugu Association (ETA) in Manchester.

6. Jr. NTR hosted the inaugual season of 'Bigg Boss Telugu' in 2017.

7. The 'RRR' actor was also supposed to play the lead role beside Nagarjuna Akkineni in 'Oopiri'(2016). The role later went to Tamil actor Karthi because of scheduling conflicts.

8. He is the nephew of Nandamuri Balakrishna.

9. Jr. NTR was invited to join the actor's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2023.

10. The Telugu star was also critically injured in a road accident on National Highway-9 in the early hours of March 27th 2009,in Andhra Pradesh.

Meanwhile, Jr. NTR also belongs to the NTR legacy. He happens to be the grandson of the Telugu cinema icon NTR Rama Rao, who was also the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years. Jr. NTR's father Nandamuri Harikrishna was also a celebrated actor and politician.