NTR biopic stars other A-listers including Vidya Balan, Mohan Babu, Sumanth, Nithya Mene and Rana Daggubati. Recently the makers also roped Hansika Motwani and Shalini Pandey to play the crucial roles.
Hansika Motwani will be playing actor tuned politician Jayaprada in the film, Shalini Pandey will be seen as veteran actor Sowcar Janaki. Vidya Balan is playing NTR’s wife, Rana Daggubati as AM CM Chandrababu Naidu, Nithya Menen as Savitri and Rakul Preet Singh as Sridevi. Manjima Mohan has also been roped in to play NTR’s daughter and N Chandra Babu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneshwari.
The biopic on the life and achievements of NTR is being made into a two-part- NTR Kathanayakudu and NTR Mahanayakudu, highlighting both NTR’s film and political careers. Directed by Krish and jointly produced by Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vishnu Induri and Sai Korrapati.
Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing his father NTR in this film.
The biopic, which is Nandamuri Balakrishna’s dream project, is scheduled for release next year with NTR Kathanayakudu hitting the screens on 9th January 2019 and NTR Mahanayakudu releasing in February.