Veteran actor and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao’s grandson and Jr NTR’s cousin Taraka Ratna has passed away due to cardiac arrest. Taraka Ratna breathed his last at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bengaluru. He started his film career with the 2003 romance film ‘Okato No. Kurradu’. After this Taraka played the lead role in many films. Apart from this, he also debuted on OTT.
On January 27, when Tarak Ratna suffered a heart attack, he was doing a roadshow in Chittoor and suddenly fainted in the midst of a huge crowd. The incident happened on the day of inauguration of TDP’s ‘Yuvagalam’ launched by Nara Lokesh, son of former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. Immediately Taraka Ratna was taken to the nearest hospital in Kuppam, where he was given PCR and other first aid services. As his condition was critical, he was taken to Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore for further treatment.
Since then Taraka Ratna was being treated in this hospital in Bangalore. A few days ago the hospital team brought in some cardiology specialists from the US for additional health support for the actor. However, he died in the hospital. Tarak Ratna was born on 22 February 1983. He broke the Guinness record for releasing 9 films in a single day.
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