Nandamuri Kalyan Ram

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (born 5 July 1978), is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema. He was born to actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and Lakshmi. He is a grandson of N. T. Rama Rao, who was an actor and a statesman. Actor Jr. NTR is his younger brother. He is the owner of the production company named after his grandfather, the late NTR, called N.T.R. Arts. He is best known for his roles in action films such as Athanokkade, Hare Ram, Pataas, Ism and 118.He also owns a VFX company named "Advitha Creative Studios", which provided special effects for movies such as Legend, Nannaku Prematho and Krishnashtami.

Kalyan Ram started his acting career in 2003 with Toli Choopulone followed by Abhimanyu, which were both commercial failures. In 2005, he established his own banner N.T.R. Arts under the name of his grandfather NTR  He then produced Athanokkade, which introduced Surender Reddy as a director and was a critical and commercial success. His next films Asadhyudu, Vijayadasami and Lakshmi Kalyanam bombed at the box office. However, his 2008 release Hare Ram became a critical and commercial success. His 2009 release Jayeebhava and 2010 release Kalyanram Kathi emerged as commercial failures. In 2013, he produced and starred in Om 3D which was touted as India's first 3D action film and released in late summer 2013. Despite the hype, the film ended up as a commercial failure.

In 2015, Kalyan Ram starred in Pataas which turned out to be a blockbuster with positive reviews. For the first time, he produced a film without himself as the lead, titled Kick 2 under his banner N.T.R. Arts. It stars Ravi Teja as a lead, and is directed by Surender Reddy, which turned out to be a flop at the box office. Kalyan Ram's later release for 2015 featuring him as the lead was Sher opposite actress Sonal Chauhan. It was directed by Mallikarjun and was produced by Vijayalakshmi Pictures.

In 2016, he produced and starred in Puri Jagannadh's Ism as an undercover journalist. In 2018, he acted the lead role in the film MLA and Naa Nuvve. In 2019, he played the role of his father Nandamuri Harikrishna in the films N.T.R: Kathanayakudu and N.T.R: Mahanayakudu. He then proceeded to star in KV Guhan's 118 along with Shalini Pandey and Nivetha Thomas. The film became a critical and commercial success.

His next release is Entha Manchivaadavuraa directed by Sathamanam Bhavati fame Satish Vegesna. It is an official remake of the Gujarati-language film Oxygen.