Nandamuri Balakrishna

Nandamuri Balakrishna born June 10 1960 also known mononymously as Balakrishna or NBK is an Indian actor producer and politician who works predominantly in Telugu cinema He made his screen debut as a child artist in Tatamma Kala 1974 and transitioned to leading roles a decade later with Sahasame Jeevitham 1984 and Mangammagari Manavadu 1984 During the late 1980s and 1990s Balakrishna established himself as a mainstream star with Muvva Gopaludu 1987 the science fiction film Aditya 369 1991 the fantasy adventure Bhairava Dweepam 1994 and Bobbili Simham 1994 For his performance in Narasimha Naidu 2001 he won the Nandi Award for Best Actor having previously earned the award for Mangammagari Manavadu 1984 He received a third Nandi Award for Best Actor for the action drama Simha 2010 followed by a fourth win for Legend 2014 His notable releases over the following years included the historical drama Gautamiputra Satakarni 2017 the twopart biographical feature NTR Kathanayakudu 2019 and NTR Mahanayakudu 2019 Akhanda 2021 Veera Simha Reddy 2023 Bhagavanth Kesari 2023 and Daaku Maharaaj 2025