Ahead of AP elections in 2024, RGV announces Vyooham, a biopic on CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Ajmal, Manasa Radhakrishnan play the lead roles in the film

Ajmal and Manasa Radhakrishnan

It’s not an alien sight in the Telugu land to witness a slew of political films before/during a major election. While the regular viewer may not welcome these attempts with fondness, it’s a time-tested strategy to grab eyeballs and make quick, easy money. Both the Telugu states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are gearing up for the legislative assembly elections in the coming months.

RGV, who directed satires aimed at the TDP and Pawan Kalyan a few years ago - Lakshmi’s NTR, Amma Rajyamlo Kadapa Biddalu, Power Star, to name a few - is back with another political film. His next release is titled Vyooham, a biopic of the current Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Ajmal reprises the role of the politician in the film while Manasa Radhakrishnan, cast as his wife YS Bharathi, plays the female lead.

The filmmaker released a series of stills from the project and hogged the limelight. “I’m going to make a political film titled Vyooham. This isn’t a biopic but a real-pic. Biopic may not tell you the reality but a real-pic’s only purpose is to tell the truth,” he said. Dasari Kiran, a close associate of YS Jagan, who’d produced films like Genius and Siddhartha before, is bankrolling the film under Ramadhuta Creations.

“Some dumb idiots thinking that VYOOHAM film is about Y S Bharathi. The film is about after YSR’s sudden death , how many evil forces got together to take advantage of that tragic situation. Being Y S Jagan’s wife, she, of course, is important but it’s not her story,” Ram Gopal Varma clarified. The director engaged in a war of words with a few TDP supporters after confirming the film yesterday.

Apart from Ram Gopal Varma, another filmmaker, Mahi V Raghav, plans to tell the story of YS Jagan with his upcoming film Yatra 2. Yatra, the first part, focused on the padayatra of YS Rajashekhar Reddy prior to his first stint as a CM. Jeeva is reportedly in talks to play the lead role in the project.

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