Lyca to co-produce Chiru 151!

  • May 22, 2017 / 05:12 PM IST

Chiranjeevi and his team are working hard to make his 151st movie, Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy to be the best of his career. The movie is now said to be going for a Pan – India appeal and soon the director, Surender Reddy will confirm the cast and crew details. The movie is scheduled for a launch on 22nd of August in front of Megastar’s fans in a grand event and the shoot could start from September or October. The movie production is planning for a non-stop shoot schedule after starting the production and planning for VFX work is going on rapidly with art director, Rajeevan.

After looking at the Baahubali success, Chiranjeevi thought it is best to make the movie based on a freedom fighter from Telugu heart land, with a Pan-India appeal rather than permitting it to regional audience. The movie is said to be one of those emotional stories pre-Gandhi Independence struggle on the lines of Veerapandya Kattabommana and the story is laced with many emotions that people will connect with the main lead character.

The movie is said to be now co-produced by Lyca Productions who are bank rolling 2.0, the Robo/Enthiran sequel. Rajnikanth, Akshay Kumar starrer directed by S. Shankar is scheduled for a Summer release in 2018 and the budget is said to be 400 crores for the movie. The VFX work for the movie is being done by many popular studios around the world. Well, even Konidela Productions, want their movie, Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy to go on and deliver on the promise of a memorable film. So, they increased the budget to more than 100 crores and to have an experienced production house collaboration the producers are in talks with Lyca Productions as well. The major production house is in favour of the deal as off now as per the sources.


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