Sai Pallavi was the original choice for super star Mahesh Babu’s film with director Anil Ravipudi. With the actress rejecting to star in the film, makers have now roped in Rashmika Mandanna. She is confirmed after screen test.
Rashmika Mandanna scored back to back hits in Telugu with Chalo and Geetha Govindam. However, her success run came grounding halt with the debacle result of Devadas that starred Nagarjuna and Nani in lead roles. She is presently starring in Vijay Devarakonda’s Dear Comrade and will next romance Nithin in Bheeshma.
Rashmika was flooded with many offers in Telugu after the stupendous success of Geetha Govindam. But, all of them were of medium range heroes. Finally, Mahesh Babu is taking her to big league with his next venture to be bankrolled together by Dil Raju and Anil Sunkara. However, an official confirmation about Rashmika being part of Mahesh26 is awaited.
Currently, Anil Ravipudi busy fine tuning the script. The film will start rolling from June. Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu is busy wrapping up his 25th film Maharshi slated for release on May 9th.