RGV to direct NTR biopic

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has said he is proud to be given the opportunity to direct a biopic on legendary Telugu actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR).  “NTR was not just a great actor but a leader with unprecedented following. I’m very proud to direct a film on his life,” Varma said. NTR’s son actor Nandamuri Balakrishna will play his father in the yet-untitled biopic.

“My personal relationship with him goes back to the year when his blockbuster film Adavi Ramudu had released. I didn’t have money to take the bus to the movie hall. I walked 10 kilometres each time and watched the film 23 times. I was also one among the lakhs of people who had gathered during his first political meeting, soon after he launched the Telugu Desam Party. From being a faceless guy in that large gathering, to getting to direct his life story means something,” Ram Gopal Verma told media in Mumbai.