Jagga Reddy’s plan to make Sonia Gandhi biopic fails to enthuse Congress leaders in Sangareddy

TPCC Working President T Jagga Reddy’s proposal to make a film on Sonia Gandhi has reportedly received a lukewarm response from Congress leaders in Sangareddy. Only one leader reportedly offered Rs 2 crore, amid concerns over election-related expenses.

Sangareddy: The TPCC Working President T Jagga Reddy’s love for the movie making may not be going well with the party leaders in Sanagreddy constituency, leave alone other party leaders in the State.

Jagga Reddy dabbled with film making earlier too. He had announced that he would make an autobiographical movie titled “Jagga Reddy-A War of Love” in March, 2025. He was to make a debut as a key actor in the proposed movie and had released posters.
But so far, his ambition to become actor cum director cum producer had not materialised even after 18months of the announcement. And now comes his grandiose announcement that he would produce a movie on the life of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, based on her recently released autobiography of “Belonging: A Journey of Love”.

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The popular leader made a fervent appeal to about 50-key Congress leaders of Sangareddy constituency to fund for the production of the movie on Sonia. But the appeal for crowdfunding the movie did not appear to evoke any positive response among the Congress leaders, but for one among those attending the meting.
His passionate appeal stirred one leader Anjaneyulu, a close associate of Reddy, who came forward with a funding of Rs two crore for the movie. It remains to be seen whether grandiose two crore funding would actually happen. But other Congress leaders appeared not so enthusiastic, as they had already spent huge sums in the last municipal elections.

With the government not granting any funds for municipalities, the leaders could not get any work contracts and the next assembly elections are not too far off. With the assembly elections just two years away, Jagga Reddy’s colleagues murmur in protest arguing that Reddy was deviating from politics to just draw the attention of high command instead of focusing on strengthening the party at ground level.
Since Jagga Reddy is known to organise all the festivals lavishly in Sangareddy, the making of arrangements for these celebrations already became a burden on the Congress leaders. His detractors feel that Reddy was trying to please the party high command as he was looking for the renewal of Telangana Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) Chairman post for his wife Nirmala.

However, they feel that it would backfire if he fails to make the movie on the life of Sonia, citing the case of the movie on his own life.