October 3, 2017
Actor Jr. NTR, basking in the success of his latest
Telugu outing "Jai Lava Kusa", says he doesn't have the courage to ever play his
grandfather Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), the legendary Telugu actor and
politician, on screen.
A biopic on the thespian is on the offing.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has already announced a film on the former Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister.
Asked if he would star in the biopic on his
grandfather, Jr. NTR told IANS: "I don't have the courage. It's not that I can't
do it but I just don't want to attempt".
While Varma is making the biopic
from the perspective of NTR's widow Lakshmi Parvathi and has titled it
"Lakshmi's NTR", actor Nandamuri Balakrishna wants to showcase the story of his
father from a different standpoint.
Jr. NTR says he has no objection
whatsoever.
"The day my grandfather left the family and went to serve the
people (join politics), he became a priced possession of the state. I don't
think anybody can stop anyone from making a film on his life. All are free to do
and each one would interpret his story differently," he said.
On the
career front, Jr. NTR will next begin work on his yet-untitled film with
Trivikram.