Bahubali Writer Vijayendra Prasad For Another Biopic

Baahubali fame KV Vijayendra Prasad is not only a well-known writer but a director as well. However, he cannot be termed as a successful director with his films failing to score big at the box office. In fact, his recent outing Sree Valli was a dud at the BO.

KV Vijayendra Prasad made his debut as a writer with Janaki Ramudu and has written several films in his long career including the recent ones Mersal (2017), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), Jaguar (2016), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Baahubali: The Beginning (2015).

Ahead of 2019 general election, The people of Telugu states to witness biopics of three great Telugu leaders including NTR (Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao) Biopic, YSR (Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy) Biopic and KCR (Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao) Biopic.

According to the latest update, the biopic on KCR will be helmed by E.Nivas and bankrolled by Laxman Konatham. The sources say that the makers have approached Vijayendra Prasad to pen the script. However it is still in initial stage. Actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rajkumar Rao were approached earlier to play the KCR role.  Recently during the media interaction, Vijayendra Prasad also confirmed  this news as he said, “ Yes, the film makers have approached me to pen the story for KCR biopic but it is in the nascent stage.”

More details on this upcoming project are still awaited.