NTR, one of the greatest acting legends and political leaders of India, is getting his-story which coincides with Golden phase of Telugu Cinema and its gradual changes to what we witness it as today. He went to Chennai, to prove himself as an actor and then came to Hyderabad, to give all the love and affection, he received as an actor back to the public as their political servant with his party, Telugu Desam Party. He became the first person to become Chief Minister of a state, in the first election, he faced.
In his life, the most important part is his films which made him on-screen God of masses. So, how much ever the movie tries to not touch too many angles of his professional life, showing glimpses of different films becomes a must in his biopic. The team is trying to address this by roping in famous actors for cameos like Mahanati. This step will keep the interest of the audience going in otherwise what could be a docu-drama for youngsters who only know NTR as an actor and nothing else.
For a big role like Basavatarakamma, Vidya Balan has been roped in and for other roles like Savitri, Jamuna, Krishna Kumari, Sridevi several actresses are being considered it seems. As off now, Keerthy Suresh is in talks to reprise Savitri on screen again after Mahanati and Rakul Preet Singh is in talks with the team for Sridevi. Krish, the director of the film, believes she can pull it off for Vetagadu sequence and she is almost confirmed to appear, it seems.
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