The recent election scenario was a dramatic tale of twists and turns for the Telugu Desam party and just when people were thinking that it might well be losing its existence with key members walking away and joining the Praja Rajyam Party and Congress, they managed to bounce back and were also successful in forming a Grand Alliance (which didn’t work). Now, one episode has been the highlight of the election and that has been the presence of cine stalwarts and their campaigning. While on one end, there was megastar Chiranjeevi who jumped into active politics with his Praja Rajyam Party, the TDP roped in the Nandamuri big gun Balakrishna. After a lot of drama, even young tiger junior NTR joined the fray and that for a moment had spiked up the graphs of popularity for the TDP. Young tiger junior NTR has often been known for his high voltage emotional dialogues on the screen and they have enough ammunition to get the crowds to the theatres.
So he seems to have used something similar during the election canvassing when thousands gathered to have a look at him while he was rolling out his dialogues in full flow. The media projected him like a true successor to the legendary N T Rama Rao and in no time, junior became a demigod, thanks to the exaggeration from the news channels. Live coverages were provided to every speech of Junior NTR and experts started putting in high numbers for the Telugu Desam due to this. However, in no time, all those castles came down crashing to the ground once the election results were seen. The places where junior gave his speeches scored the least results for the Mahakootami and in no time, the same channels that termed him as the oxygen for TDP took the breath out of him and gave a realistic feel that reel life and real life are two different things. Even the likes of Balayya and Chiru failed to impress the crowds and it remains to be seen if folks like junior NTR, Balakrishna, Chiranjeevi have learnt their lessons from this or not.
Way back in the year 1983, the legendary N T Rama Rao created a landslide with his ‘Teluguvaadi Atma Gauravam’ concept but then it must be said that it was not only his charisma but also the resentment among the people over the languishing Congress government at that point of time. So if people like Chiru or Chandrababu expected that film glamour will fill their vote banks, then they have seen the outcome of it clearly now.
Source: Great andhra
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