NTR' son Nandamuri Harikrishna killed in road accident
Hyderabad, Aug 29 (IBNS) : Actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna, the son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP founder NT Rama Rao, was killed in a road accident on Wednesday morning.
He was He was 61.
According to media reports, Harikrishna was on his way to attend a marriage in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh from Hyderabad, when his car attempted to overtake another vehicle and hit the divider on the Annaparthi road near Narketpally in Telangana's Nalgonda district
The car also collided with another vehicle coming from opposite direction, before it overturned.
Harikrishna was rushed to a hospital with severe injuries where he succumbed.
A polit bureau member of TDP, Harikrishna, NTR’s fourth son, was initiated into film acting as a child artist in the 1960s and 1970s. He had some film appearances since the 1990s.
Harikrishna is also the father of popular Telugu film actor Jr NTR. His other son Kalyan Ram is an actor and producer. Harikrishna’s third son Janakiram was a film producer, but died in a road accident in 2014.
Harikrishna was also the brother-in-law of present Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and had supported the latter when an internal coup was staged within the TDP in the 90s. He was also a Minister in Naidu's cabinet and later also served as a Member of Parliament.
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