Naga Chaitanya Akkineni is a reserved person but of late, he is taking part in a lot of interactions. Interestingly, he took part in Jayammu Nischayammu Ra TV show recently. During the interaction, Chay expressed as to how he tried to avoid playing ANR in Mahanati.

Mahanati is the biopic of legendary actress Savitri, directed by Nag Ashwin. The film had ANR’s character and Chay was approached to play it. However, Chay did not want to do the role initially with many inhibitions. He shared the same during the interaction with Jagapathi Babu on the talk show.

“I could not imagine myself playing my grandfather on the screen and I conveyed the same to the makers that I will not do the film. I was shooting for Savyasachi that time and sporting a beard in the movie. I told Nag Ashwin that I can

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