Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Voted Most Popular Andhraite

Late NTR continues to hold sway over the Telugu people. According to an online poll taken by India’s leading news channel, CNN-IBN, NTR is the most popular Andhraite ever in the last 50 years. NTR polled about 70 percent of votes, while megastar Chiranjeevi stood at second place with 22 % of the votes. Celebrating 50 years of southern states of India, CNN IBN is conducting poll on the most popular figure from each state every week. From the six Andhra personalities, late NTR stood in the first place. N T Rama Rao 70% Chiranjeevi 23% Sathya Sai Baba 2.6% Ramalinga Raju 1.7% Sania Mirza 1.5% Mir Osman Ali Khan 0.3%  NTR, the greatest film actor that Tollywood has ever witnessed, passed away a decade back. But his charisma still continues. The man who fought for Telugu pride and self-respect (atmagouravam was his catch phrase) and his great mythologies inspire Telugus wherever they reside. As Eenadu wrote in its editorial when he passed away, NTR lives in the hearts of Telugu people till our Telugu clan survives. ...(More..)