Hyderabad: Shooting for a biopic of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy with Malayalam star
Mamooty
in the lead will begin on April 9. An announcement about the title of the movie '
Yatra
' was made on Friday by the filmmakers. The film being produced by Vijay Chilla and Shashidevi Reddy will be directed by Mahi V Raghav.
Mamooty who will be starring in a straight Telugu film after 25 years, shared the
YSR
biopic film poster on social media. The film will portray the political journey of Y S Rajasekhar Reddy who had died on September 2, 2009. The focus will be on the marathon padayatra that he undertook for his contact with the masses and what welfare programme he took up for the poor.
After YSR had died in a helicopter crash, a biopic was announced by Jeevitha and Rajasekhar with Puri Jagannadh as director. The project, however, did not take off.
It may be mentioned here that a biopic of actor and former chief minister
N T Rama Rao
also went on the floors recently with his son Balakrishna playing his late father in the film. The film is being directed by Teja.
The YSR biopic 'Yatra' is being directed by Mahi V Raghav who has made '
Patashala
' and 'Anandobrahma'
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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