''NTR: Mahanayakudu'' () is a 2019 Indian

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-language

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

, based on the real life and political career of

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred ...

, produced by

Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu cinema, Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and establis ...

, Sai Korrapati,

Vishnu Vardhan Induri Vishnu Vardhan Induri is an Indian film producer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and bollywood. He owns the media production house "Vibri Media" and is the founder of Celebrity Cricket League, and South Indian International M ...

under NBK Films,

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, Vibri Media banners and directed by

Krish Jagarlamudi Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (born 11 November 1978), better known as Krish Jagarlamudi or Krish, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi cinema, Hindi and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. ...

. It is the second movie in a two-part series, with the first being '' NTR: Kathanayakudu''. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna,

Vidya Balan Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Fi ...

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (born 5 July 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema. He is the son of actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna. Ram is best known for his roles in action films such as ''Athanokkade'', ''Hare Ram ...

Rana Daggubati Ramanaidu "Rana" Daggubati (; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil languages. Rana is described as one of the few actors in India who were ...

in the lead roles and its music is composed by

M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

. The film received positive reviews and yet bombed badly at the box office.

Plot

The film begins, after NTR announces his party as

Telugu Desam The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

. N. T. Rama Rao designs his flag & agenda. He wants to tour the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. So, he orders his son

Nandamuri Harikrishna Nandamuri Harikrishna (2 September 1956 – 29 August 2018) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician. He served as the Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house the Indian Parliament representing the state of Andhra Pradesh ...

to repair an old Chevrolet van to use for his campaign and name it ''Chaitanya Ratham''. He then starts his journey, with Harikrishna as his charioteer and his son-in-law

Daggubati Venkateswara Rao Dr. Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., (born 14 December 1953) is a former member of the Indian National Congress. Personal life Rao is the 2nd son-in-law in order for N. T. Rama Rao, actor and founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He ...

also accompanies him. He struggles hard by traveling all over the state for restoring the dignity of the Telugu people and acquires their faith & admiration. The center gets frightened as Andhra Pradesh is a major league to them. So, Prime Minister

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

advances the elections and also appoints

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected t ...

as the new Chief Minister. In that situation,

Nadendla Bhaskar Rao Nadendla is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Nadendla mandal in Narasaraopet revenue division. Demographics Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population co ...

prepares the list of candidates who are ex-MPs & MLAs with bad conduct. Rama Rao denies it and replaces them with new young blood. Thereupon, the Congress party looks down on Nara Chandrababu Naidu as he is the opponent’s son-in-law, yet he contests against his father-in-law’s party but loses. In the elections, Rama Rao wins with a high majority and becomes the 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, humiliated Chandrababu Naidu decides to leave politics but Rama Rao recognizes his caliber and inducts him into the party. Therefrom, Rama Rao toils a lot and wears a Saffron as a symbol of his initiation. He always puts a check on Bhaskar Rao’s dominance and makes many revolutionary changes in the governance such as ₹2 kg rice for poor people, an equal share to a daughter in father's property, abolishing Patel-Patwari system, creating Mandal system,

Telugu Ganga project The Telugu Ganga project is a joint water supply scheme implemented in 1980s by the then Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T.Ramarao and Tamilnadu Chief minister M. G. Ramachandran to provide drinking water to Chennai city in Tamil Nadu. It is als ...

, etc. He also decides to eradicate corruption and does not spare even his own, to establish a corrupt-free state. Annoyed by all this, Bhaskar Rao aims to demoralize Rama Rao by making a few of his men go against him but Rama Rao does not yield. Eventually, Indira Gandhi does not allocate proper funds to the states. When nobody dares to question, Rama Rao stands up to achieve their rights. Self-esteemed Indira Gandhi decides to stop him for which she appoints

Thakur Ram Lal Thakur Ram Lal (7 July 1929 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress in Himachal Pradesh. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Jubbal Kotkhai constituency in 1957. Later, ...

as a new Governor of the state. Parallelly, Basava Rama Tarakam gets diagnosed with cancer and falls terminally ill. Eventually, Rama Rao also suffers from heart problems, so both of them fly to the US. At that point, Bhaskar Rao makes secret negotiations with Indira Gandhi and she orders to dethrone Rama Rao with the help of Ramlal. The shrewd politician, Chandra Babu Naidu gazes at his intentions and takes all precautionary measures. Soon after Rama Rao’s arrival, Bhaskar Rao submits

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and fraudulently becomes Chief Minister by backstabbing. Immediately, Rama Rao moves to Raj Bhavan to demonstrate his strength of MLAs. But Ramlal does not relent and gets him arrested. After release, Basavaramatarakam ignites his energy, advocates to gain public support, and promises to hold her breath until his return. Now Rama Rao relaunches his ''Chaitanya Ratham'', and mobilizes the support of the people, other Chief Ministers of the country, and anti-Congress political parties. During that plight, Chandrababu Naidu allies him as a backbone by safeguarding the MLAs in a secret place to avoid horse-trading. They all decide to land in Delhi with their MLAs to prove their majority. At every level, Indira Gandhi creates many obstacles but Rama Rao & Chandrababu successfully cross the hurdles and meet

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Zail Singh who mandates to conduct a confidence motion. But Bhaskar Rao cleverly postpones the Assembly sessions and makes all attempts to provoke Rama Rao. During 1 month, a lot of public consciousness arises who revolted against Congress Govt. So, Indira Gandhi also accepts her defeat, dissolves her support to Bhaskar Rao, and unwillingly replaces

Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth President of India, from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahaba ...

instead of Ramlal. Shankar Dayal Sharma removes Bhaskar Rao and restores Rama Rao as the Chief Minister. Immediately, after his swearing-in ceremony, Rama Rao reaches his wife. Finally, the movie ends with Basavaramatarakam departing in his lap.

Cast

as Nandumari Basavatarakam *

as Nara Chandrababu Naidu * Sumanth as Akkineni Nageswara Rao * Bharath Reddy as

* Daggubati Raja as Nandumuri Trivikrama Rao *

Sachin Khedekar Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Neta ...

Vennela Kishore Bokkala Kishore Kumar (born 19 September 1977), known professionally as Vennela Kishore, is an Indian actor and director who works in Telugu-language films. Known for his comic roles, he was given the moniker "Vennela" after his first feature f ...

as Rukmanandha Rao *Surya Sreenivas as Nandumuri Jayakrishna *Garapati Srinivas as Nandamuri Saikrishna *Rohith Bhardwaj as Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr *Jakhee as Poornachandra Rao *Sameer as Venkaiah Naidu *

Babloo Prithiveeraj Babloo Prithiveeraj (born 29 November 1965) is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. Career Prithveeraj made his acting debut as a child artiste and featured in films including ''Naan Vazhavaippen'' (1 ...

Jaipal Reddy Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of India for five terms. He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian Nati ...

*Sikindar as M. G. Ramachandran *Suresh Kumar as

P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...

Sritej Sritej is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films. He came into limelight with the 2019 film ''Lakshmi's NTR'' directed by Ram Gopal Varma. He was also cast in Nandamuri Balakrishna's '' NTR: Kathanayakudu'' and '' NTR: Mahanayakudu' ...

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*Satya Thummala as

*Revathinath as

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*Chandra Prakash Thakur as

*Varla Ramaiah as

*Ramana Bhargav as

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*Gopal Rao as

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*Shaan Vaj as

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*Girish as Ramoji Rao *Silver Suresh as

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*K. V. Srinivas as Jyoti Basu *Lakshman as

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*Shaan as Farooq Abdullah *Krishna as Vasantdada Patil *Subba Rao as

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*Guldeep as Zail Singh *Sundaram as

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*Pardhasaradhi as Mogaligundla Baga Reddy *Chalapathi as

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*Praveen Cheda as

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*Madhu as Dr. Somaraju *Bhaskara Chary as Dr. Nori Dattatreya *Vijay Kumar as

Viswanatha Satyanarayana Viswanatha Satyanarayana (10 September 1885 – 18 October 1976) was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of his ...

* Phanindra Gollapalli as Nagayya (NTR's Uncle) *Subhash as Nandamuri Laxmaiah Chowdary *Nageswara Rao as A. Pundarikakshaiah *Chalapathi Raju as Reporter *Supriya Vinod as

Poonam Bajwa Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2005 with the Telugu film '' Modati Cinema'', after that she was featured in more Telugu film, such as ''Boss'' ( ...

as Garapati Lokeswari * Manjima Mohan as Nara Bhuvaneswari *Himmansi Chowdary as

Daggubati Purandeswari Nandamuri Purandareswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previousl ...

Heroshini Komali Heroshini Komali is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. After beginning her career as a television host, she has been seen in films including '' NTR: Kathanayakudu'' (2019) and '' Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham'' (2022). ...

as Kantamaneni Uma Maheswari *Siva Priya as Nandamuri Vasundara Devi *Shalini as Nandamuri Jayasri Devi *Kanchan as Nandamuri Venkata Ramamma *Mirchi Madhavi as

Nannapaneni Rajakumari Nannapaneni Rajakumari is an Indian politician and ex-chairwoman of AP state Women's Commission and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader. She is an official spokesperson for the TDP. Political career She entered politics when the actor N. T. Rama R ...

*Master Nara Devansh / Master NTR as Childhood N.T.Rama Rao * Appaji Ambarisha Darbha as

T. Jeevan Reddy Thatiparthi Jeevan Reddy is an Indian politician who is the current Member of the Telangana Legislative Council from Karimnagar Assembly constituency. He was first elected as Panchayat Samithi President of Mallial in 1981 in non-party-based el ...

Soundtrack

The music is composed by

for both the parts. The music released on

Lahari Music Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore. It owns a music label called "Lahari Music" also a film production company called "Lahari Films LLP". They later ventured into construction under the name of HomEquity Indi ...

. The audio and trailer launch of the biopic was held at JRC Convention Center,

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on 21 December 2018. Veteran Telugu stalwarts

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

, Krishnam Raju,

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films in lead, sup ...

, K. Raghavendra Rao,

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983), also known as Jr. N.T.R. or Tarak, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest paid Telugu film actors, Rama Rao Jr. has won several accolades, including two Fil ...

and others attended the function along with complete Nandamuri family.

Release

The movie was released on 28 February 2019.

Box office

The film ended up as the biggest commercial failure in Nandamuri Balakrishna's career.

References

External links

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