Several music directors have had successful debuts as heroes in the past and now it looks like another top musician is set to don the greasepaint. Reports are that Devi Sri Prasad will be debuting as hero in a movie that will be penned by ace director Sukumar. Veteran producer Dil Raju will be bankrolling the film under his banner Sri Venkateswara Creations in association with Sukumar’s home banner Sukumar Writings .
Considering the fact that Devi Sri Prasad is a popular music director in the Tamil film industry as well, the film will be released in Telugu as well as Tamil, say sources.
It may be noted here that Devi Sri Prasad is not new to facing the camera as he has made several cameo appearances in films such as Shankar Dada MBBS, Shankar Dada Zindabad, Attarintiki Daredi, and Khaidi No 150 in Telugu and Vedi in Tamil.
Devi Sri Prasad is currently expecting the release of Maharshi for which he has scored music. Directed by Vamsi Paidapally, Maharshi is a high budget project with a major portion of it being shot in the United States. It is about three friends played by Mahesh Babu, Allari Naresh and Pooja Hegde. It also has veteran actor Jayapradha playing a pivotal role.
The film is produced jointly by Dil Raju, C. Ashwini Dutt and Prasad V. Potluri under the banners Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies and PVP Cinema. The technical crew of this film includes Devi Sri Prasad as its music composer, K. U. Mohanan as the cinematographer and Praveen KL as the editor. Two songs from the album have been released already and have gone viral among the fans. This has increased the anticipation levels for the rest of the songs.
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