Beautiful Memories Of NTR, Harikrishna

Legend Ntr's son Harikrishna who passed away in a tragic manner in a car accident was known for his bold and powerful persona. Many of his unknown secrets are coming out thrilling everyone. Though Harikrishna was down to earth, frank and fearless, he used to be tempered. He was fascinated by driving and never used to show any ego and taNtrums, though he worked as a minister, RS MP, Polit Buro member etc. 

Ntr used to love Harikrishna a lot. Harikrishna was not the first choice for Ntr's Chaitanya Ratham. Ntr stopped Harikrishna from driving Chaitanya Ratham saying 'adi paata van, ninnu ibbandi pedutundemo' and had his driver Reddy to drive Chaitanya ratham. Only after Nadendla Bhaskara Rao's episode, Harikrishna turned Chaitanya ratham driver. 

The Cahitanya Ratham had only comforts for one person and journey in it was not comfortable. Despite this Harikrishna drove it safely as Ntr traveled 2 lakh KM across AP (6 times), Madras, Karnataka, Haryana, Assam and Nagaland. 

Twice however during the travel, Chaitanya Ratham faced problems. While scaling Siddantam Bridge, smoke came from the engine. Harikrishna resolved the issue, but Ntr got worried. He asked Lakshmanna to replace Ntr. Later he changed his mind and continued with Harikrishna. Later near lower Manerdu dam, a security guard got injured. Ntr at one asked his team to get him treated. When Ntr asked Harikrishna to hand over driving to Lakshmanna, he turned furious asking ' naku driving rada'. Ntr couldn't refuse Harikrishna and persisted with him. 

Once during the journey, people who are carrying a dead body started running towards Ntr convoy watching him in the car. Ntr asked Harikrishna to drive quickly saying ' Hari vahanam vegamga nadupu.. choodabote aa savam kooda nannu kalisenduku lechi paruguna ravachu'

Shivaji Ganesan once came to Ntr's house to invite him for his son's marriage. Later he expressed his wish to meet ANR. Harikrishna himself decided to drive Shivaji to ANR's house despite the differences between Ntr and ANR. He remarked 'naannagariki, nageswararao gariki vibhedalunte nakenti. nenalantive lekka cheyanu'. He even spent 10 minutes with ANR in his house. Ntr once refused to give Rs 30 lakhs as debt to Harikrishna saying he don’t have so much money for Ahwanam hotel.. 

Once Ntr enjoyed a drive in the latest model Benz car and got highly impressed. When the dealer told him that the car costs Rs 6 .50 lakhs, he got shocked. However when the dealer told that Harikrishna bought it, he remarked, 'ayanakem kontadandi.. endukante ayana Ntr koduku.. nenu mamulu Nandamuri Lakshmaiah Chowhdary's son. Naaku ayankani polikente'. He never purchased that car.