Cracks widen in Nandamuri family - TeluguPeople.com News

The cracks seem to have widened, as simmering differences between NTR and his uncle Bala Krishna have come to the fore again, thanks to the former's absence at the wedding of Tejaswini, Balayya's second daughter at Hyderabad, on Wednesday.

NTR's 'no show' at the wedding seemed almost certain after Balayya issued a veiled warning in April asking him to strongly object to the use of his photographs on YSR Cong flexis. The relationship between the duo turned sour after this episode.

While NTR's father Hari Krishna stood by him on the flexis row, the young actor not being invited to the two-day annual Mahanadu of TDP in May was another instance which raised eyebrows.

It is said that since Balayya was already attending the Mahanadu and that he was not on talking terms with his nephew, there was no need for another star campaigner on the podium.

In fact it was heavily buzzed that the relationship between NTR and TDP has taken a beating as soon as Kodali Nani, TDP MLA from Gudivada, bid adieu to the party and joined YSR Cong last year.

NTR was the reason for Nani's departure as he felt that TDP as going nowhere and that Babu was making efforts to promote Lokesh, reports said.

Though NTR dismissed the news in a rare press brief last year, the actor's lack of solidarity to Babu's padayatra and his no attempts of meeting the TDP chief even after he completed the walkathon this year, indicated that the 'Yamadonga' star was certainly discontented with the TDP think tank.

A source close to the Nandamuri family said, 'NTR was not invited to the wedding. He was in Hyderabad shooting an action sequence for 'Ramayya Vastavayya' and would have attended the wedding, setting aside all his differences, had he been invited.

He is not the kind where he intentionally shows his dissent and maligns the image of his family.'

Thousands of Nandamuri fans who attended the wedding too were disappointed as they neither spotted NTR nor his father Hari Krishna. However, there was some respite for the fans as Hari's another son, Kalyan Ram, was seen at the wedding, overseeing the preparations and welcoming the guests.

The source added, 'Balayya invited his elder brother on phone. Though he is in New Delhi attending the Parliament, he would have made his way to the wedding had if NTR was invited.'

Albeit, the wedding was conducted with much pomp and show and ended on a note that brought a smile on the smile on the face of Balayya, it remains to be seen how the next few days will pan out in the TDP camp.