The official teaser for the Ram Charan-Samantha starrer Rangasthalam was released on Wednesday.

The teaser starts with Ram Charan introducing himself as Chitti Babu, an 'engineer'. The visuals show him being the go-to-man of his native land, Rangasthalam. He says everyone can hear sound but that he can 'see' it and that's why he's called a 'sound engineer' - does this mean he's playing a hearing-impaired man or is there more to the story? We'll have to wait and watch.

We also see Ram Charan striding ahead with a sickle in his hand in the last shot, suggesting that the film will be high on action sequences. The star sports a beard and his fans are thrilled with his new look.

Samantha does not appear in the teaser.

Said to be a period drama directed by Sukumar, the film also stars Aadhi Pinisetty and Jagapathy Babu in pivotal roles.

The film was launched by megastar Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan's father, in February last year and is among the most anticipated Telugu films of the year.

The teaser says that the film, which has music by Devi Sri Prasad, will release on March 30.

Ram Charan's last release was Dhruva, the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Thani Oruvan. Aravind Swamy played the villain in both versions to great success. Ram Charan also made a special appearance in Chiranjeevi's comeback film Khaidi 150.

Sukumar's last directorial was Junior NTR's 25th film, Nannaku Prematho.