Rana Daggubati: Honoured to play N. Chandrababu Naidu in ‘NTR’ biopic

Actor Rana Daggubati, who will be seen playing the character of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the ‘NTR’ biopic, said he is honoured to play the role.

Rana on Monday morning took to Twitter, where he shared a photograph of himself along with Naidu and captioned it, “What an honour it is to play the role of the Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. N.Chandrbabu Naidu in the ‘NTR’ biopic. Thank you sir for giving us your valuable time.”

Check out his tweet here:

What an honour it is to play the role of the Honourable ChiefMinister of Andhra Pradesh Mr.N.ChandraBabuNaidu @ncbn in the #NTR biopic. Thank you sir for giving us your valuable time. pic.twitter.com/LusYx6F9tJ

— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) August 6, 2018

The biopic is based on the life of yesteryear superstar NT Rama Rao. Actress Vidya Balan has reportedly been roped in to play NTR’s wife Basavatarakam in it.

Directed by Krish J, the film is being jointly produced by N Balakrishna, who plays the title role in the film, Vishnu Induri, and Sai Korrapati.

Apart from this project, the actor also has ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, an animal drama featuring, Pulkit Samrat, Vishnu Vishal, Zoya Hussein and Kalki Koechlin in lead roles. Helmed by Prabhu Solomon, the trilingual is being shot simultaneously in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil with a different cast across languages.

The movie highlights a man-animal relationship and is a story inspired by true events and a tribute to 1971 classic film ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ starring Rajesh Khanna and Tanuja.

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