South Indian actor Prabhas has endeared himself to many with his performance in Baahubali 1&2 as the lead and his stocks have been high ever since. After Rana Daggubati pulled off a fantastic villain character in the mythological epic against Prabhas, now the audience have been excited to know who will fill his shoes in Prabhas’ next movie ‘Saaho’, another good vs evil action thriller.

After having played opposite big stars like Amitabh Bachchan (Wazir) and Salman Khan (Prem Ratan Dhan Payo) as a villain, NeilNitin Mukesh was landed in another major antagonist role. Neil Nitin Mukesh has been confirmed as the negative character who will take on Prabhas in his upcoming multilingual film.

He does not fear being overshadowed in a film. Probably, the actor knows, good boys can’t be good if the bad ones do not set their acts right. After essaying the role of an antagonist in his last two big screen outings, Neil is all set to portray different shades of gray in Saaho, which has Baahubali star Prabhas in the lead.

Talking to a leading daily, a source from the film’s creative team revealed, “Though Prabhas is the country’s biggest star he is not going to hog footage in his post-Baahubali project. Baahubali made everyone aware how important it is to balance out the moral conflict. Prabhas’ Baahubali act would have fallen flat if Rana’s Bhallala mayhem did not spread itself out in the plot.”

“After Prabhas, Neil was the first artiste to be signed for Saaho, and so far the only member of the cast besides Prabhas. He has a powerful role. Neil is going to be so evil in Saaho that his character would re-define villainy in Indian cinema,” the source added.

Prabhas has become the new heartthrob of the nation and people are eagerly waiting for his next. This marks Neil’s debut in the Telugu film industry. The latest fans of Prabhas have been gushing over his role as Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali, are all excited to watch their superstar in an all new avatar in Saaho.

Earlier, we had seen Saaho teaser received well by the audience. Meanwhile, Neil Nitin Mukesh has wrapped up the shoot of Madhur Bhandarkar’s Indu Sarkar. Sharing the news, Neil posted a picture of himself dressed as Sanjay Gandhi, his character in the film with Madhur Bhandarkar.

It is said that there will reportedly be plenty of hand-to-hand combats between Neil Nitin Mukesh and Prabhas in Saaho. The film is said to start rolling from the first week of July.