The release of 'NTR Katha Nayakudu,' the first part of legendary actor and former chief minister N T Rama Rao’s biopic, might not have been a big hit at the box office, but it has become the much-needed 'masala' to the web-channels to churn out spicy stories.
There has been not much controversy about NTR’s reel-life in which he was an undaunted hero who dominated the Telugu film industry for over three decades.
But what is more interesting to the readers and viewers, especially of the present generation is his political life.
The first part ended with NTR’s decision to float a new party and announcing the launch of Telugu Desam Party at a meeting in the MLA Quarters in Hyderabad.
And the man who was the launching pad for NTR’s political life Nadendla Bhaskar Rao is still alive and has naturally become a big source of spicy news for the web channels.
Now in his early ‘80s, Nadendla provided all the juicy inputs to the channels in his interviews on NTR’s latest film.
He claimed that it was he who had launched the new party, but NTR had owned it up.
“He called me and wanted to meet me. When we were making preparations for the announcement of the new party at the MLA Quarters, NTR gate-crashed into the meeting and requested that he be made president of the party, as we belonged to the same caste. I obliged his request since we wanted to make use of his filmy glamour. Then, he suddenly announced before the public that he was naming it as Telugu Desam,” Nadendla said.
He described NTR as a non-corrupt but highly egoistic person, while present TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu as No. 1 crook.
Nadendla also supported NTR’s decision to marry Lakshmi Parvathi, who had served him a lot when he was hospitalised and his children had ignored him.
“He did not even get proper food on time when he was in NIMS,” he pointed out.
At the same time, Nadendla also spoke bad about NTR’s personal character. He alleged that NTR had an extra marital affair with a woman in Vijayawada and had even impregnated her.
Well, that is what these web channels want and they are getting massive hits for Nadendla’s interview!