Official: Mammootty to play YS Rajasekhara Reddy in his biopic Yatra!

Recently we had reported about Mammootty being approached for the biopic on late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The project has now been officially announced. Director Mahi Raghav announced the big news through his Twitter handle. The biopic has been titled as ‘Yatra’.

YS Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, is one of the most politicians that Andhra Pradesh has ever seen. YSR died in an air crash in 2009 after the helicopter carrying him crashed in a dense forest. He was so popular that hundreds of his followers committed suicide upon hearing his death. This upcoming biopic will showcase some of the important aspects of his life and his political journey.

Mahi Raghav, who has made movies like Paathshala and Anando Brahma, has been working on the script for the biopic for sometime now. He was in Kochi last month to discuss about the project and impressed by the narrative, Mammootty agreed to do it. There were rumors about Suriya and Nayanthara also starring in the movie but the director has denied it.

In a recent interview to a leading daily, the director is quoted saying, “My focus so far was completely on getting the right actor for the lead role. Now that Mammootty sir has came on board, I’ll start working on the rest of the cast. We haven’t approached anyone yet for other roles. I’ll be meeting Mammootty sir soon and will work for the characterization together. We are planning to make the film on a big scale and lot of homework and research will go into it.”

Yatra will be produced jointly by Vijay Chilla and Shashi Devi under the banner of 70mm Entertainments. The makers are expected to make an official announcement very soon, with details about the entire cast and when the project would start rolling.