Director Maruthi Dasari, who is known for his films like Ee Rojullo and Bus stop has been chosen by ace producer DVV Danayya to launch his son.
DVV Danayya, the producer of big budget movies like RRR, has reportedly approached director Maruthi Dasari to direct his son’s debut movie, which is touted to be a high budget movie. Maruthi Dasari, who is currently working on Prathi Roju Pandage with Sai Dharam Teja and Raashi Khanna in the lead roles, will start work on the new project after Prathi Roju Pandage releases.
Danayyan reportedly chose Maruthi to help his son debut in tollywood because of Maruthi’s reputation around debut actors. More details about the project are awaited.
Meanwhile, Prathi Roju Pandage is being produced by Bunny Vas under his banner and Allu Aravind will be presenting it. S Thaman is composing music for this flick with Jayakumar handling the camerawork and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao doing the edits. Deva Datta is in charge of the script while Maruthi had penned the story and screenplay. Prathi Roju Pandage is all set to hit the marquee on December 20th as a Christmas release and is right now in post production.
DVV Danayya is currently bankrolling the mega-budget multi starrer RRR, which is being directed by SS Rajamouli. Ram Charan is playing Alluri Seetharamaraju and Jr NTR is playing the role Komaram Bheem in RRR. Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt will be making her debut in the southern film circuit with this film. MM Keeravani is on board to compose the tunes and KK Senthil Kumar for cinematography with A Sreekar Prasad roped in for editing.
RRR is being produced under the banner DVV Entertainments on a budget of Rs 300 crores. Bollywood stars Ajay Devgn and Varun Dhawan will also be playing pivotal roles in RRR. Tamil actor and director Samuthirakani has also been roped in for a role in RRR.
(Inputs provided by Digital Native)