After Teja walked out of NTR biopic, many names were heard to direct Balakrishna’s most ambitious project.Speculations are rife that Balakrishna has decided to direct the film. Actually, it is not a big surprise that directors like K Raghavendra Rao, Krish and Krishna Vamsi are not keen to accept the big challenge of directing the film.
Balakrishna along with his team has already completed script work. In this film, Balakrishna will be seen in various getups of NTR from different movies for nearly an hour. Songs will occupy another half an hour. So, far less time is given to narrate NTR’s personal life.Considering all these factors, Balakrishna himself directing NTR biopic seems to be the best option. Of course unless K Raghavendra Rao decides to step in, as he had directed the legendary actor in some of the biggest hits later in his career.
Obviously, he will have a good knowledge of his body language and his temperament making it easier for him to handle the project.If it were a normal film, then there won’t be a big problem and Balakrishna would have completely surrendered before his director. But for NTR’s biopic, it will be a little tricky as Balayya will not want to compromise on how his late father is presented.
But it will be the director who will face criticism if the film fails to bring out the image of the legendary superstar.Critics would say, “This is not the right way for making biopic on the legendary actor and politician.”Moreover, Balakrishna is not ready to stretch time as he wants to wrap up the film at brisk pace and release it for Dassera.
Apparently, Balakrishna is in no mood to make a perfect periodic film doing comprehensive research like the makers of Mahanati, a biopic on Savitri.Now that the project has been launched officially, it would be best if either K Raghavendra Rao or Balakrishna take up direction as they can present it in the best possible way.