"Crows lives for a long time but of no use. But a swan (hamsa in Telugu) lives shorter and it's great as well. Gautamiputra Satakarni is a Raja Hamsa that will live forever in the hearts of Telugu people. We're proud to say that we've carved it", said Nandamuri Balakrishna other day. "To walk exactly in the footsteps of my father, legendary NTR, i've taken up this film. I want to do more versatile and exciting roles in the coming days" he added. At the same stage he lauded music director Chirantan Bhatt as well for delivering astonishing music. Balayya also heaped praises on director Krish for his amazing research on the subject before actually bringing it to him.