After her role in Nene Raju Nene Mantri, Catherine Tresa took quite some time to pick her next film but the wait seems to be worth it! Reports are that she has bagged an offer to play Vijay Deverakonda’s lead pair in his upcoming film.
Kranthi Madhav will be helming the project as its director and KS Rama Rao will be bankrolling it. Sources in the know say that Catherine was in no hurry to sign up films and was waiting for the most appropriate project. It will have enough scope to showcase her acting skills and her role in it will be meaty, we hear.
On the film’s storyline, we hear that it will be based on some real-life incidents. The shooting of this yet to be titled movie will begin next month, add sources.
In the meantime, Vijay will be done with his upcoming film Dear Comrade. Vijay Deverakonda will be playing a student leader with a communist background in this flick while Rashmika Mandanna will be seen as a cricketer playing for Telangana state.
Sources in the know say that Rashmika is trying hard to get into the skin of the character by learning the nuances of cricket. She underwent special training at the cricket club in Hyderabad before the shoot began.
Directed by Bharat Kamma, Dear Comrade is reportedly inspired from the Mollywood movie Comrade in America. It had Dulquer Salman playing the lead role. Dear Comrade is being produced by Y Naveen, Y Ravi Shankar and CV Mohan under the banner Mythri Movie Makers.
Touted to be a summer 2019 release, this film will be released in Tamil and Hindi as well apart from Telugu.
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