Late NTR is mostly known for his mythological and historical roles. He was seen as King Krishna Devaraya in the movies like 'Mahamantri Thimmarusu', 'Tenali Ramakrishna' etc. Later, his successor, Balakrishna also played the role of Krishna Devaraya in the socio fantasy movie, 'Aditya-369'. Now, hero Srikanth also joins the list of above heroes by doing the role of Krishna Devaraya in his forthcoming movie 'Devaraya'.
'Devaraya' is a socio fantasy flick, in which Srikanth is doing a dual role. 'Devaraya' and 'Amalapuram Dorababu' are the two roles being played by him in this movie. Meenakshi Dixit and vidisha are the female leads of this project. Chakri is scoring the music. Nani Krishna is making his debut as the director in this flick while Jakkamsetti Kiran is producing it under the banner, 'Sun Ray International Cinema'.