Aditi Rao Hydari, who played the female lead in Indraganti Mohan Krishna's Sammohanam, has bagged an offer to star in his upcoming film. In this film, she will be sharing the screen space with Nani and Sudheer Babu. Reports are that she will be pairing opposite Nani in the movie. The film, which has not been titled yet, will be bankrolled by ace producer Dil Raju under his banner Sri Venkateswara Creations.
Sources in the know say that the film’s script work is still in progress and its makers will be announcing the rest of the cast and crew in a few days. The shooting of this untitled film is expected to commence in summer this year.
Meanwhile, Nani is awaiting the release of his sports drama, Jersey. The film is currently in the post production mode with its release planned in April this year. Reports are that Nani plays a 36-year-old with a wife and child but his passion for cricket makes him want to make it to the Indian cricket team.
Jersey is being bankrolled by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi under the banner of Sithara Entertainments and helmed by director Gowtam Tinnanuri. The film will have Anirudh composing the tunes, Navin Nooli in charge of editing and Sanu Varghese cranking the camera. Jersey has Nani and Shraddha Srinath playing the lead pair with Sathyaraj, Brahmaji and Ronit Kamra in supporting roles.
Jersey is touted to hit the silver screens on April 19 and Nani is set to move over to his next. He has inked the deal to star in the Vikram Kumar directorial and the prep work to get it on to the floors is now on. It has been announced already that the film is titled Gang Leader, which is the title of the super hit film starring Chiranjeevi in the lead.
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