After his superb performance in Sarileru Neekevvaru and owning 2020, Telugu actor Mahesh Babu’s next project has been confirmed with none other than Baahubali director S.S Rajamouli. Over the last couple of months, a lot of news has been surfacing about a possible collaboration between Mahesh Babu and Rajamouli, which has been confirmed now.
Putting the rumours to rest, in a recent interview Rajamouli confirmed the news and shared, “There are no rumors. The fact is that I will direct Mahesh Babu and it will be produced by KL Narayana. This will be my next after ‘RRR’.”
The untitled movie will officially be announced next year and hit the floors in 2022. Needless to say, it will certainly be a treat for everyone to see the biggest Telugu actor and the biggest Telugu director come together for this project.
Mahesh Babu has a fandom like no other not just in the south circuit but Pan India and the box office collections for all his movies are proof of the same. The actors last release Sarileru Neekevvaru was a super hit box office and collected over 200 crores during its theatrical run. The movie also marked the third consecutive movie for the actor to enter the 100 crore club.
Rajamouli has made a name for himself all over the country with his rendezvous “Bahubali” in two series making the entire country await his second one eagerly for over two years. The decade of 2010 in Indian film industry owes to him for the film “Bahubali, the Beginning” and the sequel “Bahubali, the Conclusion”, which went on to earn Rs.500 crore and Rs.1000 crore respectively.
His next film “RRR” starring Jr NTR and Ramcharan was scheduled to hit this year but for the Coronavirus pandemic, it may be delayed but surely make it soon to the theatres.