Allu Arjun’s upcoming film with director Trivikram Srinivas is progressing at a good pace. According to an update about this film, veteran actor Jayaram has been roped in to play Allu Arjun’s father in it. Interestingly, Sathyaraj will be seen as the hero’s grandfather. Both these roles are said to be meaty and will be performance-oriented.
Jayaram has confirmed being a part of this film on social media. “Started shooting for Allu Arjun movie,” he said. It may be noted that Jayaram had earlier played the antagonist in the Telugu film Bhaagamathie with Anushka Shetty in the lead and that was warmly received.
Recently, it was announced that Bollywood actor Tabu will be playing an important in the film as well. The tweet from the producers read: “Welcome aboard to the most versatile actress of our generation #Tabu garu to #AA19 team.”
The film is being bankrolled jointly by Allu Aravind and S Radha Krishna under the banners Geetha Arts and Haarika & Hassine Creations respectively.
Welcome aboard to the most versatile actress of our generation #Tabu garu to #AA19 team!!#AA19Sankranthi2020@alluarjun #Trivikram @hegdepooja #NivethaPethuraj @MusicThaman #PSVinod @GeethaArts @haarikahassine @vamsi84 @pnavdeep26 @iamSushanthA pic.twitter.com/ZNMcsKOITR
— Geetha Arts (@GeethaArts) July 24, 2019
The Allu Arjun – Trivikram Srinivas project went on the floors a couple of months ago and the team has completed the first schedule successfully. The film has Pooja Hegde playing the female lead with along with Ketika Sharma.
Though the film began with the working title AA19, there are widespread speculations that it has been titled ‘Alakananda’. Sources in the know say that the filmmakers have three titles in mind for this film and ‘Alakananda’ is one of them. However, there is no official word yet on the title and the filmmakers remain tight-lipped about it for now.
It may be noted here that Allu Arjun and Trivikram Srinivas had worked together in Julai in 2012 and S/O Satyamurthy in 2015. With AA19 being their third film together, fans are expecting a hattrick from the duo.
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