Anecdotes

Apart from his native language Telugu, he also knows other Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Kannada. He can also speak international languages like English, French and German.

Grandson of N.T. Rama Rao, son of Nandamuri Harikrishna.

Became a father for the second time at the age of 35 when his wife Lakshmi Pranathi gave birth to their second son Bhargava Ram Nandamuri on 14th June, 2018.

He is a fan of actresses Sridevi and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Was critically injured in a road accident on Indian National Highway-9 in the early hours of March 27th 2009.

Is a very good cook. He considers cooking to be a stress buster.

Had a grand set constructed for his marriage supervised by the famous production designer Anand Sai.

His step-brother Janaki Ram Nandamuri died in a car accident in November 2014.

He has a son named Abhay Ram who was born on 22nd July 2014.

He is a well trained Kuchipudi dancer and took training in the dance form for almost 11 years. In his youth, he gave performances in many events held by Telugu Association of North America (TANA), European Telugu Association (ETA) in Manchester.

Close friends with actor Rajeev Kanakala.

Hosted the inaugural season of Bigg Boss Telugu (2017).

Is very good friends with acclaimed Telugu film directors S.S. Rajamouli, V.V. Vinayak and Koratala Siva.

Was supposed to the play the lead role beside Nagarjuna Akkineni in Oopiri (2016). In fact, it was Rama Rao who suggested Nagarjuna to take up the role of the quadriplegic in the movie. But finally, Rama Rao dropped out owing to scheduling conflicts. The role later went to Tamil actor Karthi.

His mother Shalini Bhaskar hails from Kundapura, Karnataka.

Ranked #55 on Forbes India's "2016 Celebrity 100" list with reported annual earnings over INR 36 crores and a fame rank of #89.

Ranked #66 on Forbes India's "2012 Celebrity 100" list with reported annual earnings over INR 19 crores and a fame rank of #91.

Became a father for the first time at the age of 31 when his wife Lakshmi Pranathi gave birth to their son Abhay Ram Nandamuri on 22nd July, 2014.

Nephew of Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Ranked #28 on Forbes India's "2018 Celebrity 100" list, the only Tollywood celebrity behind Pawan Kalyan in the list. [December 2018].

Was born out of wedlock.

Was invited to join the actor's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2023.