Nandamuri Balakrishna decided to step into the shoes of the prestigious biopic of his father NTR. The film is announced in two installments NTR – Kathanayakudu and NTR – Mahanayakudu. The movie is currently in final stages of shoot. The first installment will focus on NTR’s film career and will release on January 9th 2019. Vidya Balan is the heroine and MM Keeravani is the music director.

NTR – Mahanayakudu has been initially slated for Republic Day weekend release but the film is now hitting the screens on February 7th next year. With delay in the post-production work of NTR – Mahanayakudu, the release date has been pushed. The makers kept an end to all the speculations and released the poster of NTR – Mahanayakudu with the release date. NBK Films, Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram and Vibri Media are the producers.