Nandamuri Balakrishna is stepping into the shoes of his father's life story which has been titled NTR. Krish is the director and Vidya Balan, Rana Daggubati, Sumanth, Kalyanram will be seen essaying other crucial roles. There have been wide  speculations that the film will release in two parts after Krish felt that the film cannot be narrated in a single part. Keeping an end to all the speculations, the makers released a new poster featuring Balakrishna reprising his father.

The film's title has been changed to NTR - Kathanayakudu and the first installment will release on January 9th next year during Sankranthi. The details about the second installment will be out later. Balakrishna is currently in Diviseema shooting for NTR. Rana Daggubati, Vidya Balan, Sumanth and Kalyanram will be seen essaying other crucial roles in NTR. NBK Films along with Vibri Media and Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram are producing NTR.