One of the youngest Actor Nikhil Siddharth, who was earlier seen in last year’s student drama entertainer ‘Kirrak Party’ which is the remake of the sandalwood film, will next in a yet-to-be titled venture that will be directed by TN Santosh. Actress Lavanya Tripathi has been roped in as the female lead opposite Nikhil and the film has wrapped up 30 per cent of its shoot schedules. Sam CS of ‘Vikram Vedha’ fame is composing music while Suryaa is been handling the cinematography work.
The film is said to be the Telugu remake of Tamil flick ‘Kanithan’, which was also helmed by TN Santhosh. Nikhil is slated to play the role of a journalist in the film while Lavanya plays his love interest on the screens. Lavanya Tripathi was last seen in Sai Dharam Tej’s ‘Intelligent’ film which was a flop at the box office over seas. Nikhil was last seen in ‘Kirrak Party’ which was also not up to the mark with the collections. So, the combination of these actors is the most fresh one. They are working together for the first time.
“Initially, the makers wanted to rope in Catherine Tresa, who was a part of the original Tamil film ‘Kanithan’, to be the female lead actress in this remake film also. But after Catherine couldn’t give her dates for this project, the makers decided that Lavanya Tripathi is the perfect fit for this role. Shooting has already started and about 30 percent of it is almost completed,” revealed a source from the film’s unit crew.
The film is tentatively titled ‘Mudra’, the film is being produced by Kaviya Venugopal and Rajkumar. As that the film has completed thirty percent of its shoot already. We could expect that the film ‘Mudra’ may hit the screens very shortly i.e. by the end of September of October, says the sources.