The makers of the upcoming multi-lingual film Saaho have reportedly rejected a Rs 240-crore deal offered by T Series for the theatrical rights of the film in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.

The shooting of this magnum opus is half way through and the pre-release business is happening at full swing. Impressed over the content and the star value of Saaho, T Series reportedly came up with the whopping deal but the producers have declined the offer, stating that that they were expecting over Rs. 270 crore.

The shooting of the film commenced a couple of months ago and the team is looking forward to the UAE schedule which has been planned. This schedule is expected to commence soon and in the meantime, the producers have been busy locking several pre-release deals.

Directed by Sujeeth, Saaho is produced by Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod under the banner UV Creations on a huge budget. The star cast of the film includes Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles with Neil Nitin Mukesh, Arun Vijay, Jackie Shroff, Lal, and Mandira Bedi in other supporting roles.

Expectations are high for the film’s release as it happens to be the actor’s first outing after the massive success of his Baahubali: the Beginning and Baahubali: the Conclusion.

Bollywood music director trio, Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy have been roped in to compose tunes for Saaho with R Madhi cranking the camera and A Sreekar Prasad roped in for editing.

According to reports, director Sujeeth is filming Saaho in three languages Tamil, Telugu and Hindi separately and the inclusion of stars from various film industry is to target the audiences from the respective states.

With the shooting happening at a breakneck speed, the film is expected to release during summer this year.

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