While man of the masses, NTR Jr leads a pan-India revolution in theatres with S S Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ (2022), he has recently topped the Most Popular Male Stars (Telugu), a list curated by Ormax Stars India Loves. The actor has beaten the biggest stars of the South including Prabhas, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, Nani, Vijay Deverakonda, Cheeranjeevi and Ravi Teja.
Not long ago, an interesting viral snap had been doing rounds on social media. It is a picture of the Telangana board exam question paper that contains a question related to NTR Jr’s role of Komaram Bheemudo, who was a tribal freedom fighter in the S. S. Rajamouli’s directorial. The film’s promotional campaign witnessed the fandom of NTR Jr and its resounding success has underlined Tarak’s star power.
Such has been the tremendous impact of his performance as Bheem that it has inspired people, fan art and pop culture worldwide. Not only the audience, Bollywood celebrities such as Alia Bhatt, Vidyut Jammwal and Deepika Padukone have publicly voiced out their admiration for him. He has been lauded by the veteran writer of ‘RRR’, K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, actor, Kota Srinivasa Rao and the maverick S. S. Rajamouli, the director of the film himself.
His upcoming projects include ‘NTR 30’, directed by Janatha Garage and Koratala Siva, ‘NTR 31’, directed by ‘KGF’ (2018) director, Prashanth Neel. Both the upcoming movies have been trending like wildfire on social media and netizens are excited about the magic the superstar will brew with the two celebrated directors.