Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde-starrer to go on floors in April

Mumbai, February 3

South star Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film will start production production in April, makers announced on Thursday.

Directed by Trivikram, whose last project was the Allu Arjun-starrer blockbuster “Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo”, the film is tentatively titled “SSMB28”.

The movie also stars actor Pooja Hegde and is backed by S Radhakrishna under the banner Haarika and Hassine Creations.

The makers launched the film in Hyderabad with a pooja ceremony.

“#SSMB28 pooja commenced today. Regular shoot starts this April, 2022,” the production house tweeted.

Here’s the pooja video:

The project will reunite Mahesh Babu and Trivikram after films like the 2005 Telugu actioner “Athadu” and 2010 fantasy action comedy, “Khaleja”.

Mahesh Babu also shared a post on Instagram:

Hegde has also previously worked with the filmmaker in “Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo” and “Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava”, co-starring Jr NTR.

Mahesh Babu will be next seen on “Sarkaru Vaari Paata”, scheduled to release in May.