Director Krrish was torn to direct Hindi film Manikarnika 2019 and NTR: Kathanayakudu around same time.Reports also speculated that he has quit Manikarnika over this film and issues with Kangana Ranaut.Whatever patch work was remaining for Manikarnika was later completed under direction of Kangana Ranaut .
Will be released in 2 Parts. The second part is called NTR: Mahanayakudu.
Vidya Balan's and Sachin Khedekar's voices are dubbed.
Vidya Balan's debut in Telugu cinema.