The director Veerabhadram Chowdhary of Aha Naa Pellanta and Poolarangadu fame has teamed up with King Nagarjuna, and the film has been titled as Bhai. Bhai was supposed to be produced by M.L.Kumar Chowdhary under Keerthi Combines banner but the adhinayakudu producer who was in financial troubles has opted out of the film. Now, DVV Danayya might produce the film on Universal Media banner. Bhai is said to be a mafia thriller that will have good entertainment. The script work is under progress and an official announce will be made shortly. On the other hand, Nagarjuna is busy shooting for Shiridi Sai taking shape in Raghavendra Rao direction.
There were talks in the industry that Ram Gopal Varma is planning to start his dream project Ramayana with Nag as Ravana and Gopichand and Anushka playing the role of Rama and Sita respectively. Then, for some time there was no news regarding this projectand both Nagarjuna and RGV got busy with respective projects. Now, there is a buzz about the movie again. The movie will start in the month of August and will be a Hindi-Telugu and Tamil trilingual. It will re-narrate the story of Ramayana in a modern setting. The movie will be based in Bombay and not Hyderabad as stated earlier. It is also stated that a Tamil actor probably Prabhu Ganeshan will be roped in for the character of Hanuman. Ramu's friend and protege, JD chakravarthi will also play a vital role in the film. As declared earlier the movie will feature Anushka as Sita and Gopichand as Rama. But, there is a twist in the character of Sita according to our inner sources. The shooting will be completed by January Next year and will be released soon after that. RGV is also taking special care regarding this film as the movie might give him a hold again in Telugu land.
Nagarjuna's Dhamarukam movie shooting was complete in January itself. But the film's post production work is taking time. This is a socio fantasy film and the makers are not compromising on the quality of visual effects. RR Movie Makers Venkat is the producer and Srinivasa Reddy is the director. Anushka paired up with Nagarjuna and music was scored by Devi Sri Prasad. Dhamarukam is expected to release on July 6th as per the latest news. Nag fans have been eagerly waiting for this movie. This is touted to be the highest budget film ever in Nag's career. On the other hand Nagarjuna's devotional film Shirdi Sai shoot is almost complete. Even this film requires lot of graphics work. Therefore, there would be considerable gap between the releases of these films. Nagarjuna will soon join the shoot of his next film under Dasaradh.
