Kannada actor Chiranjeevi Sarja has a number of films in various stages of production but that has not stopped him from signing a new project. Chiru has signed on the dotted lines to work with debut director Naveen Reddy. The film will be produced by Tarun Shivappa. Reports are that the film’s muhurat is on February 12 and the shooting will begin in March. Vidyadhar, the director of Upendra’s 2005, has penned the film with Ritvik of Sankashta Kara Ganapathy fame roped in for scoring the music. Balu will be cranking the camera for this venture.
Chiru’s last release was Amma I Love You which was the remake of the hit Tamil movie Pichaikaran, starring Vijay Anthony. With this film, he has had three movie releases last year. Before signing the Naveen directorial, Chiru had agreed to star in another movie titled Ranam. The film is directed by V Samudra and Chiru will be sharing the screen space with Chetan Kumar of Aa Dinagaul fame.
It is interesting to note that there are reports that Chetan Kumar’s role is bordered on the lines of the revolutionary leader Che Guevara and Chiranjeevi Sarja will be seen playing a cop, an encounter specialist at that. The film will be made in Kannada as well as in Telugu. Bankrolled by R Srinivas, Guru Kiran will be composing music for the Kannada version and Niranjan Babu will be cranking the camera. Another piece of information about this film is that its makers are planning to rope in a top hero from Sandalwood to make a cameo appearance and an announcement regarding this will be made officially.
Besides the films with Naveen and V Samudra, Chiru has a slew of films needing his attention including Jugari Cross, Raja Marthanda, Aa Kshana, and Singha.
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