Taraka Rama Rao Jr. was born on 20 May 1983 in Hyderabad to Telugu film actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shalini Bhaskar Rao. He is the grandson of Telugu actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao. He is the half-brother of actor and producer, Nandamuri Kalyan Ram