Mahesh Babu to play cop in Anil Ravipudi's next?

Mahesh Babu is basking in glory over the success of his recent release Maharshi. The film hit the marquee earlier this month and the box office collections are ensuring that its makers are happy. Recently, the film’s producer Dil Raju was spotted in Tirupati offering his prayers for Maharshi’s success. Directed by Vamsi Paidapally, the film’s technical crew included Devi Sri Prasad as its music composer, K. U. Mohanan as the cinematographer and Praveen KL as the editor. The film is about three friends played by Mahesh Babu, Allari Naresh and Pooja Hegde. 

With this success, Mahesh Babu is moving over to his next, which will be directed by Anil Ravipudi. While the news is already out that Rashmika Mandanna will be playing the female lead in this untitled film and veteran actor Vijayashanthi is in talks for a pivotal role, we hear that Jagapathi Babu, the most wanted villain in the south Indian film circuit right now, will be playing the antagonist. The groundwork for this is already on and the shooting will begin in June, say sources. Plans are on to release this film for Sankranthi next year.

There are some interesting updates about this film doing rounds. According to sources, it a revenge drama in which Mahesh Babu plays a cop. This is not the first time Mahesh Babu is playing a cop as he had done such roles in Dookudu, Pokkiri and Aagadu.

We also hear that the star will be speaking the Rayalseema dialect and is getting trained by a linguist to get the pronunciation and accent right. And that is not all! Reportedly, that plays a character that suffers from a rare condition known as haemophobia which means he is scared of blood.

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