Tollywood Actor Taraka Ratna passes Away at the Age of 39

Hyderabad: Tollywood actor Nandamuri Taraka Ratna breathed his last at Bengaluru’s Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences on Saturday night. He passed away at the age of 39.

Taraka Ratna was admitted to the institute on January 27 after he collapsed during a padayatra of TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh in Kuppam town of Andhra Pradesh.

Taraka Ratna was the grandson of TDP founder, legendary actor and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao. He was the cousin of Junior NTR, Kalyan Ram and Lokesh.

He is survived by his wife Alekhya Reddy and a daughter.