Even though she's set to be part of a biopic, Vidya Balan enjoys sufficient creative leeway when enacting the character of NT Rama Rao's wife in a film based on him. Basavatarakam Nandamuri, she argues, enjoyed a life away from the public domain, leaving little material for her to binge on to ape her, for Krish's directorial venture.

"She was an extremely private person. So, initially, I only had the script for reference. Yet, I wanted to get an idea of the person I was set to portray," Balan tells mid-day, adding that she decided to interact with those who knew her muse.