Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is starring in MLA (Manchi Lakshanalunna Abbayi) under the direction of Upendra Madhav. Few years back rumours spread that Harish Shankar planned a film with the same title MLA and even narrated the story to Young Tiger NTR. But everyone forgot about this MLA, after NTR-Harish Shankar came with Ramayya Vastavayya.
Now in the audio release function of Raviteja's Touch Chesi Choodu, Harish Shankar surprised all revealing that he planned MLA with NTR. He said after he went into depression with the failure of his debut film Shock,hw spent two years in the office of Nallamalapu Srinivas (Bujji).
He said during that time he narrated the story of MLA (Manchi Lakshanalunna Abbayi). He said however for some reason the project did not take off. He said no one will support directors like Mass Raja Raviteja does so.