According
to
reports,
Vice
President
M
Venkaiah
Naidu
watched
Telugu
movie
'Sye
Raa
Narasimha
Reddy'
along
with
the
film's
lead
actor
and
former
Union
Minister
Chiranjeevi
on
Wednesday.
The
Vice
President's
family
members
also
joined
him
at
the
screening,
which
was
held
at
Naidu's
residence
in
New
Delhi.
Apparently,
Naidu
complimented
the
cast
of
the
film
including
Chiranjeevi,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
other
stars
for
their
laudable
performances.
He
also
found
the
direction
impressive
and
congratulated
director
Surender
Reddy.
After
watching
the
movie,
Naidu
took
to
Twitter
and
stated
that
the
movie
was
based
on
a
rebellion
against
the
British
rule
led
by
Uyyalawada
Narasimha
Reddy
from
Rayalaseema
region
of
Andhra
Pradesh.
He
also
stated
that
it
has
been
a
long
time
since
he
watched
a
good
and
inspirational
movie.
Naidu
also
stated
that
after
NT
Rama
Rao
and
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
Chiranjeevi
is
the
best
actor
of
this
generation.
Chiranjeevi,
as
a
part
of
the
movie's
promotion,
has
been
inviting
top
leaders
to
watch
the
movie.
He
earlier
invited
Telangana
Governor
Tamilisai
Soundararajan
and
Andhra
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Y.S.
Jagan
Mohan
Reddy,
to
watch
the
movie.
The
multi-lingual
movie,
released
worldwide
on
October
2,
is
reported
to
have
so
far
done
a
business
of
over
Rs
200
crore.
Payrolled
by
Mammoth
productions,
Sye
Raa
Narasimha
Reddy
is
a
historical
drama,
based
on
the
pre-independence
era.
It
showed
the
battle
exploits
of
Uyyalawada
Narasimha
Reddy,
a
Rayalaseema
freedom
fighter.
Uyyalawada
is
known
for
his
rebellion
against
the
British,
a
decade
before
India's
first
war
of
independence
in
1857.
He
was
captured
and
publicly
hanged
to
death
in
1847.
Other
than
Chiranjeevi
and
Amitabh,
Sye
Raa
Narasimha
Reddy
also
stars
Nayanthara,
Tamannaah
Bhatia,
Sudeep,
Vijay
Sethupati
and
Jagapathy
Babu
among
others.
The
film
hit
the
screens
in
five
languages
-
Telugu,
Tamil,
Kannada,
Malayalam
and
Hindi.