The brand new poster of NTR biopic is here and the fans are sure to be left impressed. For the uninitiated, the film is the biopic of legendary personality NT Ramarao.  His son Nandamuri Balakrishna is roped in to play his character. The new picture that is going viral on the social media has uncanny this resemblance between them that has left their fans shocked. The film by Krish Jagarlamudi will be in two parts viz. NTR Kathanayakudu and NTR Mahanayakudu. NTR Biopic New Poster: Nithya Menen's Look As Mahanati Savitri in Nandamuri Balakrishna's Film REVEALED!.

New Still From NTR Biopic

Interestingly, the initial part will be more about his acting career while the second part will be more focused on his career as a politician. The film also stars Bollywood actress Vidya Balan who will play Basavatarakam, wife of NT Rama Rao. Speaking of this, the actress was quoted saying, "It is my first Telugu film, so I am very excited as I have never spoken and delivered dialogues in other language. I did a small appearance in a Malayalam film but here I have a full-fledged role. I am playing NTR ji’s wife Basavatarakam."

Other stars who are roped in the film are Rana Daggubati as N Chandrababu Naidu, Rakul Preet as Sridevi, Hansika Motwani as Jayaprada, Nithya Menen as Mahanati Savitri and Nandamuri Kalyanram as Hriskrishna. The much awaited film is slated to hit the screens on January 9, 2019. Meanwhile, the director of this film is busy with the release of another period film which is Kangana Ranaut starrer Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.

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