TNR (Anchor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About TNR

• Thummala Narsimha Reddy aka TNR was a South Indian anchor, director, and actor.

• He acted in various South Indian films like ‘Nene Raju Nene Mantri’ (2017), ‘Subrahmanyapuram’ (2018), ‘Falaknuma Das’ (2019), and ‘Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya’ (2020) in which he played supporting roles.

• He had also directed a few South Indian films.

• TNR was popular for hosting a celebrity talk show ‘Frankly Speaking with TNR’ for the YouTube channel ‘iDream Telugu Movies.’

  

• According to his Facebook account, one of his favourite quotes was,

DHARMO RAKSHATHI RAKSHITHAHA” dharmaanni manam kaapaadithey dharmam manalni kaapaaduthundi”

• He used to visit various temples with his family.

  

• He was a big fan of the Indian music composers Ilaiyaraaja and Nadeem–Shravan duo.

• On his demise on 10 May 2021, many Indian celebrities shared their condolences on Twitter, some of such tweets are,

Actor Sudheer Babu tweeted,

This comes as a shocker …. lost a fine journalist .. may peace be with him.”

Shobu Yarlagadda tweeted,

Deeply saddened to hear this news. #RIPTNR garu!” (@Shobu_)

Venu Charan said,

He is too good as an Anchor, actor and a nice human being. It’s really really disturbing to know that he is no more. We miss you sir” #TNR #RipTNR  VenuCha#RRRan (@AlwysVenuCharan)