Taraka Ratna, grandson of veteran actor and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and cousin of Jr NTR, has passed away. 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.
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. It was later reported that his heart briefly stopped before he was brought to the hospital, and at around 2:00 am the same day 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. 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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