1. SMS war in Nandamuri family?

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    Source : AP News Live A few channels and some websites have been running stories since Monday morning about how an SMS war broke out in the Nandamuri family. According to these unconfirmed reports, text messages have been doing the rounds in the state asking Nandamuri fans not to watch...
  2. A confused Congress in Andhra Pradesh

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    After the last round of byelections in Andhra Pradesh, where the Congress drew a blank, a senior non-Congress leader from the state was asked by a member of the Congress High command in Delhi, what he thought of the future of the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. “Only the final rites...
  3. NTR – Nothing To Report on Telugu Desam

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    It has been 30 years since a revolution took place in the Indian political arena. The legendary thespian of the Telugu tinsel town Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who announced the formation of a regional political party on this day – March 29, 1982. The tenants took over the party by...
  4. Balayya ka haath, aam fan ke saath

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    It is not just Congress ka haath, aam aadmi se saath. The Telugu Desam too has got into the act, courtesy actor Balakrishna, who for those not familiar with Telugu cinema and politics, is NTR’s son and Chandrababu Naidu’s son’s father-in-law. At Bhadrachalam, Balayya, as he is called, lost his...
  5. The NTR I knew

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    By Andhra Watch  In media parlance, NTR meant `Nothing To Report’ but the man who changed the political landspace of Andhra Pradesh always had something to report about.   From June 1982 when he began his district tours and till the day his breathed his last (January 18, 1996) Nandamuri...
  6. Nandamuri Balakrishna, MLA?

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    Yet another Telugu superstar is set to enter electoral politics. Nandamuri Balakrishna, NTR’s son has announced he will contest the next assembly elections from any of the three regions of Andhra Pradesh. Balayya, as the actor is called, had campaigned for the TDP in 2009. His daughter is also married...
  7. “My retakes were my schooling”

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    By Akkineni Nageswara Rao All that I learnt was through the mistakes I committed and the retakes one did on the sets. That’s why I say all my schooling as an actor was through the retakes. Now, in my 87th year, it is the time for me to give back...
  8. Natasamrat Padma Vibhushan ANR

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    By T S Sudhir “Are you Mr Nageswara Rao?” the caller at the other end enquired. “Yes.” “Mr Ahmed from the Ministry of Home would like to speak to you, Sir.” It was around 5:45 pm on January 25 and Akkineni Nageswara Rao was shooting for `Sri Rama Rajyam‘ in...

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