YSR biopic to be devoid of controversies?

Contrary to the belief that the much-hyped biopic on legendary politician YSR ‘Yatra’ will be loaded with controversies and political potshots, the makers have reportedly resolved to shun controversyand focus on the rise of a farmer’s son to the post of Chief Minister.

“The biopic will focus more on his personal life from his childhood to teenage and until he beccomes the Head of the State but no plans to rake up any kind of controversies by targeting his political opponents like AP ChiefMinister N Chandrababu Naidu or Telangana Chief Minster K Chandrasekhar Rao.

Of course, it will touch upon his rise in the Congress party but the story will mostly revolve around his family, including his father, wife, son and daughter and others,” says a source, from the industry. Coming to the casting, sources in the know say that danseuse Ashrita Vemuganti has been ropedin to play the role of Sharmila.

Actuillay, Yatra, is a biopic on the late chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhar Reddy, will have the Malayalam superstar Mammootty playing YSR. The biopic, which has gone on to the floors recently,is being directed by Mahi V Raghav and bankrolled by Vijay Chilla and Sashi Devireddy under the banner 70 mm Entertainments.

Earlier, speaking about the film, the director had said that the biopic is aimed at showcasingthe challenges that YSR had to face and how he managed to overcome it all to emerge victoriously. To be made in Telugu and Tamil, Mammootty will be dubbing with his own voice in both the versions to lend credibility to his role.

Interestingly, makers of biopics in Telugu are avoiding controversies. For instance, even much-awaited NTR, biopic on legendary actor, will also be depicting the personal story of Nandamuri icon by covering his childhood struggles for academics and his transition from stage to big screen along with his close relationship with his wife Basavatharakam, probably to showcase his hitherto unknown facets of his illustrious life.

Despite being a firebrand actor and politician, the makers are avoiding any attack on his film rivals like ANR and Krishna and similarly, his second marriage with Laxmi Parvathy and controversies thereupon leading to split in the TDP.