RGV film: Tiger KCR - The Aggressive Gandhi

HYDERABAD: Two-and-a-half years after announcing that he would make a film on Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma finally released the title of the film on Thursday, saying the journey of the statehood leader would soon come alive on the silver screen.
Varma, who was forced to postpone the biopic on KCR due to various pending projects, said that the title of the film would be Tiger KCR — The aggressive Gandhi.
An additional Telugu tagline ‘Aadu Telangana thesthanante andaru navvindru’ (People laughed at him when he said he would achieve a separate Telangana state), has also been added to the film’s title. “It is a biopic of KT Rama Rao’s father from the time he couldn’t bear the third class treatment meted out to people of Telangana by Andhraites and how he fought a battle to achieve a separate Telangana state,” Varma said.
RGV, who made his name in Bollywood with Rangeela, followed by Satya, Company and Sarkar in 2005, tagged TRS working president KT Rama Rao on his twitter, but KTR hasn’t reacted to Varma’s announcement.
Film critics say the delay in releasing the film’s title could be attributed to another film on KCR, albeit on a smaller budget, releasing on YouTube earlier this month.
Udyama Simham, featuring Tamil actor Karate Raju in the lead was scheduled to hit the screens on March 29, but with the model code of conduct coming into force, the movie was released quietly to lukewarm response on YouTube. But Varma’s film is likely to be talked about more, if the negative reaction from many denizens on social media is any indication. While some took objection to the word ‘aadu’ – which roughly translates into ‘that fellow’.
He said only KCR and YSR were able to groom their children to be worthy like them, ‘unlike the politician in the neighbouring state.’