Renowned action producer and choreographer Kenny Bates has joined the crew of Jr NTR's NTR 30, the makers announced on Saturday. The announcement came along with a photo that featured director Koratala Siva, Sabu Cyril, Bates and R Rathnavelu in deep discussion over a miniature of a boat. 

The much-awaited NTR 30 film, helmed by Koratala Siva was launched on Thursday in Hyderabad with a muhurtham pooja. The function was attended by the film’s leads NTR Jr and Janhvi Kapoor, along with Koratala Siva, music composer Anirudh and other key cast and crew members. 

NTR 30 is billed to be an action drama supposedly set in a fictional island or port city. The film will be released in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. NTR 30 reunites director Koratala Siva with NTR Jr after Janata Garage (2016). The film is produced by Sudhakar Mikkilineni and Harikrishna K through Yuvasudha Arts and presented by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram under his banner NTR Arts. The film’s key technical crew comprises cinematographer Rathnavelu, along with editor A Sreekar Prasad and production designer Sabu Cyril.