The Telugu version of Petta has been certified with a UA and is now all set to hit the silver screen as Sankaranthi release. Directed by Karthik Subburaj, this entertainer has super star Rajinikanth playing the lead role. It also has an impressive line-up of stars in the cast with Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha, Malavika Mohanan, Megha Akash, Bobby Simha and Nawazuddin Siddiqui playing important roles.

Anirudh Ravichander is composing the tunes for this gangster actioner with Tirru cranking the camera and Vivek Harshan in charge of the editing. The rest of the technical crew include Peter Hein for stunt choreography, Suresh Selvarajan for production designing, Kunal Rajan as sound designer, Niharika Khan and Praveen Raja as costume designers, and Baba Bhaskar and Sheriff for dance choreography.

Competing with this magnum opus will be two direct Telugu releases. The N Balakrishna starrer Kathanayakudu, which is a biopic on NTR, is also releasing on January 9. This film has been certified with a clean U by the censor board. Directed by J Krish, MM Keeravani is composing music for this venture with Gnana Shekar V.S cranking the camera and Arram Ramakrishna editing it.

The other film gearing up for release is Ram Charan Teja starrer Vinaya Vidheya Rama. It is directed by Boyapati Srinu and bankrolled by DVV Dhanayya under his banner Dhanayya Entertainments. The film’s technical crew includes Devi Sri Prasad for music, Rishi Punjabi and Arthur A. Wilson for cinematography and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao for editing. This film has been certified with a UA.

With Petta, Kathanayakudu and Vinaya Vidheya Rama set for a box office clash, fans wonder which of the three will emerge winner in the triangular contest.

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