The shooting of the most awaited film of the year, the Mahesh Babu starrer Maharshi has been wrapped up. The shooting came to an end on Wednesday, April 17, according to reports and it will now go into the post production mode. 

The film was initially slated for Sankaranthi release and it was pushed to April aiming summer release as the shooting got delayed. Later it was pushed to the last week of April citing a sentiment for Mahesh Babu as some of his biggest hits like Pokiri and Bharat Ane Nenu were released during that period. But now the film is gearing up for release on May 9 to cash in on the summer holidays.

Directed by Vamsi Paidapally, Maharshi is a high budget project with a major portion of it being shot in the United States. The film is about three friends played by Mahesh Babu, Allari Naresh and Pooja Hegde. It also has veteran actor Jayapradha playing a pivotal role. 

The film is being produced jointly by Dil Raju, C. Ashwini Dutt and Prasad V. Potluri under the banners Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies and PVP Cinema. The technical crew of this film includes Devi Sri Prasad as its music composer, K. U. Mohanan as the cinematographer and Praveen KL as the editor. Two songs from the album have been released already and have gone viral among the fans. This has increased the anticipation level for the rest of the songs.

It may be noted here that Maharshi was initially planned as a Sankaranthi release but it was postponed as the filmmakers had to deal with some legal issues. It was then announced that the film will be released on April 5 due to certain delay and then postponed to April 25. Eventually, the filmmakers decided on releasing the film on May 9. The dubbing process for Maharshi commenced some weeks ago with Allai Naresh completing the dubbing for his portions.

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