Most of them knows that Prince Mahesh Babu has signed a new film under the direction of Mani Ratnam, which is a bilingual film and will be made in Telugu and Tamil languages. Recently Anushka has been roped for the female lead role for this film. Apart from Mahesh Babu Tamil heroes Vijay and Arya are also playing the lead roles in this film.
As per the sources this film has titled Ponniyin Selvan in Tamil and Telugu version title is not yet confirmed so far.
The latest buzz is that Anushka is playing the role of Mahesh Babu younger sister and Anushka would play Vijay love interest in this film. Heroine is not yet decided for Mahesh Babu and director looking for a Bollywood heroine opposite to Mahesh. Mahesh is donning the role of a King in the film. The Tollywood Prince is turning out as King Uththama Cholan for the film.
The latest reports say Mahesh will go topless for the film and will appear in Dhotis like Ram Charan getup in Maghadeera. So for that Mahesh is going to gym to get the toned body. Mahesh never acted without shirt in his earlier movies.
The film is based on Tamil novel Ponniyin Selvan that deals with the life and times of Raja Raja Chola. This project will be produced by Kalanidhi Maran of Sun Pictures and Music will be composed by Ilayaraja.