Nandamuri Balakrishna filmography

Nandamuri Balakrishna is an Indian actor, film producer and politician in the Telugu Desam Party founded by his father and who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the sixth son of Telugu matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh legendary actor, N. T. Rama Rao. He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of 14 with the film Tatamma Kala.^[1][2] In the mid-1980s, he graduated to acting in the lead role and soon became one of the sought after actors in Telugu cinema. In his career spanning 40 years, he has acted in over hundred films in a variety of roles.^[3] Balakrishna has received two state Nandi Awards for best acting.^[4]

Balakrishna filmography

Nandamuri Balakrishna in 2012
Film	109
Web series	1
Hosting	2
Music videos	1

Balakrishna was the guest of honour at the 43rd International Film Festival of India.^[5] He is actively involved in politics and is a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by his father. In 2014 and 2019 he was elected incumbent M. L. A. from Hindupur for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[6][7] He is also the chairman of the trust board for The Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute based in Hyderabad, India.^[8][9]

Films

All films are in Telugu, unless mentioned.

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Nandamuri Balakrishna film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1974	Tatamma Kala	Balakrishna	Debut film	[10]
	Ram Raheem	Ramu
1975	Annadammula Anubandham	Naveen
	Vemulawada Bheemakavi	Vemulawada Bheemakavi
1977	Daana Veera Soora Karna	Abhimanyudu
1979	Akbar Salim Anarkali	Salim
	Sri Madvirata Parvam	Abhimanyudu
	Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam	Narada Maharshi
1980	Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu	Balakrishna
1982	Anuraga Devatha	Prakash
1983	Simham Navvindi	Balakrishna
1984	Sahasame Jeevitham	Ravi	Debut as a solo lead
	Disco King	Balakrishna
	Janani Janmabhoomi	Ramesh
	Mangammagari Manavadu	Veeranna
	Palnati Puli	Raju
	Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra	Sayyad / Sidda
	Kathanayakudu	Ravi
1985	Atmabhalam	Anand Kumar Bhupathi / Durga Prasad
	Babai – Abbai	Bala / Balasubramanyam
	Bharyabhartala Bhandam	Radha
	Bhale Thammudu	Rajendra
	Kattula Kondayya	Kiran
	Pattabhishekam	Balu
1986	Nippulanti Manishi	Parasuram	25th Film
	Muddula Krishnayya	Krishnayya
	Seetarama Kalyalam	Raja
	Anasuyamma Gari Alludu	Hari Krishna
	Desoddarakudu	Gopi
	Kaliyuga Krishnudu	Mohana Krishna
	Apoorva Sahodarulu	Arun Kumar & Ramudu[a]	Double role
1987	Bhargava Ramudu	Bhargav
	Ramu	Ramu
	Allari Krishnayya	Gopala Krishna
	Sahasa Samrat	Ramudu
	President Gari Abbai	Rama Krishna
	Muvva Gopaludu	Gopi
	Bhanumati Gari Mogudu	Jaya Krishna
1988	Inspector Pratap	Pratap
	Donga Ramudu	Rama Krishna
	Tiragabadda Telugubidda	Ravi Teja
	Bharatamlo Bala Chandrudu	Balachandra
	Ramudu Bheemudu	Ramudu & Bheemudu[a]	Dual role
	Raktabhishekam	Pardhasaradhi
1989	Bhale Donga	Surendra
	Muddula Mavayya	Raja
	Ashoka Chakravarthy	Ashok
	Bala Gopaludu	Bangaru Muvva Bala Gopalam
1990	Prananiki Pranam	Raja
	Nari Nari Naduma Murari	Venkateswara Rao	50th Film
	Muddula Menalludu	Raja
	Lorry Driver	Bala Murali
1991	Talli Tandrulu	Anand
	Brahmarshi Viswamitra	Satya Harischandra & Dushyanta[a]	Dual role
	Aditya 369	Sri Krishnadeva Rayalu & Krishna Kumar[a]	Dual role
1992	Dharmakshetram	Beneerji
	Rowdy Inspector	Ramaraju
	Aswamedham	Kireeti
1993	Nippu Ravva	Suryam
	Bangaru Bullodu	Balakrishna
1994	Bhairava Dweepam	Vijaya
	Gandeevam	Raja
	Bobbili Simham	Vijaya Raghava Bhupathi
	Top Hero	Balu
1995	Maatho Pettukoku	Arjun & Kishtayya[a]	Double role
1996	Vamsanikokkadu	Raja
	Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam	Lord Krishna & Arjuna[a]	Double role
1997	Muddula Mogudu	Vamsi
	Peddannayya	Ramakrishna Prasad & Bhavani Prasad[a]	Double role
	Devudu	Devudu
1998	Yuvaratna Raana	Raana / Ramu		[11]
	Pavitra Prema	Manikyam
1999	Samarasimha Reddy	Abbulu / Vaasu / Samarasimha Reddy
	Sultan	Sultan & Pruthvi[a]	Double role
	Krishna Babu	Krishna Babu	75th Film
2000	Vamsoddharakudu	Suryam
	Goppinti Alludu	Murali Manohar / Bheemudu
2001	Narasimha Naidu	Narasimha Naidu
	Bhalevadivi Basu	Sagar / Prabhu
2002	Seema Simham	Durga Prasad
	Chennakesava Reddy	Chennakesava Reddy & Bharat[a]	Double role
	Yuva Rathna	—	Voiceover	[12]
2003	Palnati Bramhanaidu	Siva Sankara Satya Bhavani Prasad
2004	Lakshmi Narasimha	Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy
	Vijayendra Varma	Vijayendra Varma
2005	Allari Pidugu	Rajith Kumar & Giri[a]	Double role
2006	Veerabhadra	Murali Krishna
2007	Maharadhi	Bala/Krishna/Krish/Balayya/Balakrishna
2008	Okka Magadu	Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram & Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy	Double role
	Pandurangadu	Lord Krishna & Pundarika Ranganathudu	Double role
2009	Mitrudu	Aditya
2010	Simha	Narasimha & Srimannarayana[a]	Double role
2011	Parama Veera Chakra	Jai Simha & Chakradhar[a]	Double role	[13]
	Sri Rama Rajyam	Sri Rama / Vishnu		[14]
2012	Adhinayakudu	Harish Chandra Prasad, Rama Krishna Prasad & Bobby[b]	Triple role	[15]
	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Rudramaneni Narasimha Rayudu		[16]
	Srimannarayana	Srimannarayana		[17]
2014	Legend	Jaidev alias Legend & Krishna[a]	Double role	[18]
2015	Lion	Godse / Bose		[19]
2016	Dictator	Chandra Sekhar Dharma / Chandu		[20]
2017	Gautamiputra Satakarni	Gautamiputra Satakarni	100th Film	[21]
	Paisa Vasool	Theda Singh / RAW Agent Balakrishna Nandamuri		[22]
2018	Jai Simha	Narasimha		[23]
2019	N.T.R: Kathanayakudu	N. T. Rama Rao	Also producer and writer	[24][25][26]
	N.T.R: Mahanayakudu		Also producer and writer
	Ruler	Dharma / Arjun Prasad		[27][28]
2021	Akhanda	Akhanda Rudra Sikhandar Aghora & Murali Krishna[a]	Double role
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Veera Simha Reddy & Jai Simha Reddy[a]	Double Role	[29]
	Bhagavanth Kesari	Nelakonda Bhagavanth Kesari		[30]
2025	Daaku Maharaaj	Daaku Maharaaj / Sitaram / Nanaji
	Akhanda 2 †	Akhanda Rudra Sikhandar Aghora & Murali Krishna[a]		Double role

Television

List of Nandamuri Balakrishna television credits

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2021–present	Unstoppable	Host	Aha	[31]
2022	Telugu Indian Idol	Guest Judge		[32]

See also

• List of Indian film actors
• List of Indian male film actors

Notes

1. Balakrishna played two characters.
2. Balakrishna played three roles