Actor Jr NTR says he doesn’t want to play his late grandfather Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), the legendary Telugu actor and politician, on screen.
“I don’t have the courage. It’s not that I can’t do it but I just don’t want to attempt,” he said.
A biopic on NTR is in the works, while filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has already announced he’s making his own film about the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.
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 to the films being made.
“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 as yet-untitled film with director Trivikram.
