The movie has been the topic of whole Tollywood. When Puri Jagannath and Rajashekhar (by default Jeevitha Rajashekhar also) met YS Jaganmohan Reddy and arranged the press meet to reveal about their "YS Rajashekhara Reddy" project, there were huge expectations by audience.
Strangely the movie looked to have been shelved down with no updates either from Rajashekhar or Puri Jagannath. All of the sudden, “Kick” fame Shyam in a press meet revealed a secret about the project of “YS Rajashekhara Reddy.”
YS Rajashekhara Reddy in his teenage and during his MBBS education was an excellent body builder and many students were jealous about YSR’s physique. As “Kick” Shyam is found to be an apt comparison to YSR by Director Puri Jagannath, he was been finalized to “YS Rajashekhara Reddy” project. Shyam himself revealed this to the press that he is portraying that great man’s teenage role.