Vijay Sethupathi Roped In For AA20!

Vijay Sethupathi made an impressive debut in Tollywood with Megastar Chiranjeevi’s film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. It seems this hero has developed a love for Telugu cinema and has signed yet another Telugu film. Besides playing an antagonist in Vaishnav Tej’s upcoming movie Uppena, he will also be seen as a villain in Allu Arjun’s next film (AA20). Touted to be an action entertainer, AA 20 will be directed by Sukumar, who earlier directed Arjun’s Arya. The movie revolves around red sanders smuggling.

Vijay Sethupathi chooses his roles very carefully. When Sukumar narrated his role in the film, he liked it and gave his nod. The shoot of the film has been started already and it is said that the film is set in the backdrop of Rayalaseema. It is said that the shoot will also be done in the Nallamalla forest. In this film, Rashmika Mandanna is playing the female lead opposite Allu Arjun for the first time. Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Sankar and Mohan Cherukuri are jointly bankrolling the film under Mythri Movie Makers and Muttamsetty Media.

Devi Sri Prasad, who composed tunes recently for Mahesh Babu’s Sarileru Neekevvaru, has been roped in to compose music for this film. Miroslaw Kuba Brozek, who worked for Nani’s Gang Leader, is handling cinematography, while Karthika Srinivas is doing editing. Initially, Sukumar announced this project with Mahesh Babu as SSMB26. But, due to creative differences, Mahesh walked out of the project and worked with Anil Ravipudi for Sarileru Neekevvaru. Later Sukumar announced the project going ahead with Allu Arjun, with minor changes being made in the script.

Allu Arjun has bagged success through his recent flick Ala Vaikunthapuramulo. The film is collecting superb amounts at the box office and has got a positive response for Allu Arjun’s style and attitude, Thaman’s music, and Trivikram’s narration. Despite competition with Mahesh’s Sarileru Neekevvaru, Ala Vaikunthapuramulo is running successfully in theatres and even surpassed the box office collections of Mahesh’s film in the US.