Telugu political biopics struggle to make an impact at the box office

Film actor and TDP legislator Nandamuri Balakrishna essayed the role of his father in movies titled NTR Katha Nayakudu and NTR Maha Nayakudu

The euphoria generated around the biopics of Telugu political figures, which were released across hundreds of movie theaters earlier this year, disappeared so fast that no political party has dared to re-release these movies after the announcement of the poll schedule, apparently fearing a negative publicity if theaters go empty.

Between January and February, a two-part biopic on former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party(TDP) founder N T Rama Rao and a biopic on former Congress chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy were released in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana apart from some overseas markets where Telugu migrants live in large numbers. 

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