Yatra

Yatra (2019)

యాత్ర

He wanted to leave a footprint in history. Instead, he left one in the hearts of people.

The film focus especially on the period from 1999-2004 when YSR undertook his famous Padayatra which ultimately proved instrumental in catapulting him to a comprehensive victory in the 2004 polls.

Date of release
2019-02-08
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
History
Director
Mahi V. Raghav
Collection
Yatra Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Yatra (transl. Journey), also marketed as YSR: Yatra, is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language biographical political drama film directed by Mahi V Raghav. The film stars Mammootty as Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and is based on the padayatra of Reddy, who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from May 2004 to June 2009 representing Indian National Congress.

Production

By early January 2018, the producers Vijay Chilla and Shashi Devireddy under their banner 70MM Entertainments had registered the title Yatra, while director Mahi V. Raghav was at the final phase of scripting.

Director Mahi V. Raghav said Mammootty was the first choice to play the role of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, but it took nearly five months to bring him on board. Mammootty's performance in the 1991 film Thalapathi inspired director Mahi V Raghav to cast him in the film. In April 2018, Posani Krishna Murali was chosen to play YSR's personal assistant Sureedu.

In May, Marathi actor Sachin Khedekar was selected to play former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Bhaskara Rao, while Rao Ramesh was chosen to play K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao, a close associate of Reddy. In June, Suhasini Maniratnam was cast to portray Sabitha Indra Reddy, a sister figure to Reddy and the first woman Home Minister in Andhra Pradesh, while television actress Anasuya Bharadwaj was reported to play a politician from Kurnool distri…

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