Nagaraj Goud

With Krish Jagarlamudi taking over the reins of Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer ‘NTR’, it is but natural for him to leave his stamp on the biopic, which will mostly cover NTR’s meteoric rise to stardom and from there his successful journey to the Chief Minister’s office of the united Andhra Pradesh.

To this effect, the latest we hear about the project is that it will have a good number of sequences which will show NTR’s bonhomie with ANR. “When Teja was at the helm, ANR featured in a miniscule part but as soon as Krish took over, he made it a point to have significant sequences involving both NTR and ANR as he felt it would augur well for the film as people are aware of the mutual respect both the legends had for each other despite neck and neck competition among them. No way, Krish could’ve done away with only a few sequences involving ANR. He might go with a Bollywood face to play ANR,” said a source close to the project.

The source further added that sequences of NTR as a milk man have come out well and will leave the audience in awe. “Sharwanand is tipped to essay the younger NTR.”

The first schedule of the film is likely to begin in Hyderabad on July 5. A joint venture between Balakrishna, Sai Korrapati and Vishnu Induri, it is being planned for Sankranti next year.