Vidya Balan will play Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao’s wife in an upcoming biopic. Rumours of the actress signing on for the role have been in circulation for a while now. It is only recently that the actress confirmed the project.
Balan will play Basavatarakam, the strong-willed wife of NTR. Balakrishna, son of the late actor-turned-politician, will take on the lead role.
After delivering historical epic #GautamiputraSatakarni, Our #NandamuriBalakrishna garu joins forces with @DirKrish to tell the legendary story of a great human phenomenon, N.T.R #NTRBiopic #NTR pic.twitter.com/HJ7SinsmPa
— NBK FILMS (@NBKFilms_) May 27, 2018
The movie will be directed by Krish Jagarlamudi. Balakrishna, Vishnu Induri finance the project that goes on the floors in July this year. There are rumours that Rana Daggubati might play the role of Chandrababu Naidu in the biopic.
If this project materialises, it will cash in on the demand for biopics that was triggered by the success of Nag Ashwin’s Mahanati – based on the life and times of yesteryear actress Savithri.
Incidentally, last year, Ram Gopal Varma had announced his Telugu film Lakshmi’s NTR. RGV had emphasised that instead of making the biopic from the perspective of NTR, he will narrate it from the standpoint of his wife Lakshmi Parvathi.
