Veteran director SS Rajamouli’s son Karthikeya is making his debut as producer with the film Aakashavani. SS Karthikeya, son of ace director SS Rajamouli, caught the attention with his unique promo and trailer cuts for the films such as Manam and Baahubali. The youngster is running his own publicity house Showing Business, through which he handles the promotional activities of films and makes catchy trailer cuts. He has also been assisting his father in direction for quite a few years now. This gave rise to a speculation that Karthikeya may soon make his debut as director. However, the youngster has surprised everyone with an announcement that he would be floating his own production house.
The film is directed by Ashwin Gangaraju, who will be making his debut as director. The director has worked with SS Rajamouli in his ambitious projects Eega and Baahubali 1 & 2, earlier. On Aakashavani’s progress, we hear that about 90 per cent of the shooting has been completed with just a small part left. This film will also be singer Bhairava’s debut as music composer. He is the son of veteran musician MM Keeravani.
Interestingly, the major portion was shot in a single schedule at the Paderu region. Set in the interior region, the film was shot in the jungles with the team stationed here for 50 days. On this, the director is reported to have told in an interview to Deccan Chronicle, “What an adventurous ride it’s been. The whole film has been wrapped up in a single schedule with a tiny bit of it left. We are proud of what we did here."
With Aakashavani being his son’s maiden production venture, SS Rajamouli is keen on its progress. He took time off his multi-starrer RRR to drop on the sets of this film recently, say sources. Apart from enquiring about the progress, he also saw some of the footage shot until now and was impressed.
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