Thota kotti cheppina Balayya @ Vijayawada

Nandamuri Balakrishna has finally announced his entry to active politics. "Besides campaigning for the TDP, I will also contest the elections in 2014," the actor said in Vijayawada on Saturday. Balakrishna was in Vijayawada to celebrate the success of his latest hit Sri Rama Rajyam.

Though TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu planned to field Balakrishna in the 2009 elections, he changed his mind and used him as a star campaigner instead. "I have campaigned for the TDP in several elections. But this time, I will contest the elections too," Balakrishna told reporters..

Asked whether any other member of the NTR family would contest in the 2014 elections, Balakrishna said: “We are not forcing anyone.” To the question for which seat he would contest, the actor said, “I will contest any Assembly seat as directed by the party." However, sources said that that Balakrishna may opt for the Hindupur seat, once represented in the Assembly by his father NTR.