NTR Biopic would have become a memorable project for Balakrishna if he had taken right measurements. However, he is now criticized for all the blunders he had committed such as making the film in two parts, showing Chandra Babu Naidu as savior when NTR was needed to prove his strength, wrong conclusion by ending the biopic with Basava Tarakam’s death etc.
NTR Mahanayakudu is ending as one of the biggest disasters in Tollywood. The film so far has collected a worldwide share close to 3 Cr and it may not touch even 4 to 5 Cr mark for full run. Even TDP’s free ticket strategy is also not helping the film.
Even trade pundits got shocked to see the poor performance of NTR Mahanayakudu at box office. Balakrishna is one of the top stars in Telugu with huge fan following and has the backing of TDP. He has many blockbusters and industry hits to his credit, still the second installment of NTR biopic is not up to the mark at box office. What went wrong?
Frankly speaking, entire Nandamuri fans have shifted their loyalties to young tiger NTR. Although NTR did not have the support of TDP, his films are doing exceptional business at box office. Even his films with average talk are turning hits to super hits of late.
Chandra Babu Naidu once indicated his party workers not to watch Jr NTR films. But, diehard Nandamuri fans in the party didn’t listen to CBN’s words and watched NTR films on first day first show.
After Harikrishna’s sudden death in a road accident, Naidu tried to give the impression that he supported the Nandamuri family. Harikrishna had maintained his distance from Naidu when he was alive. After his death, his sons Jr NTR and Kalyan Ram decided to maintain their distance from Babu like their father.
Knowing Naidu’s strategy, Jr NTR and Kalyan Ram behaved in a clever manner by not campaigning for the party, when their sister Suhasini was fielded from Kukatpally in the last elections in Telangana.
Of late, Nandamuri family heroes are attending film related events together. Recently, Balakrishna and NTR attended Kalyan Ram’s 118 movie pre release function. Apparently, it was CBN who might have advised Balakrishna to invite NTR for Kathanayakudu audio function.
If NTR will not campaign for TDP in upcoming elections, the party may not win majority of seats to retain the power. Absence of Jr NTR is one of the prime reasons for failure of NTR Biopic, opine NTR fans.
The question is will Balakrishna who made part 2 of NTR Biopic as CBN’s NTR go for compromise with Jr NTR requesting him to campaign for the party. In fact, the party needs a star campaigner like Jr NTR now.