Overview

• The Suriya–Venky Atluri project has been launched and is in production, with the director confirming his collaboration with the actor.
• Filmfare reports that sources claim Venky Atluri met Anil Kapoor in Mumbai, narrated the script, and that Kapoor agreed in principle as paperwork and schedules are finalized.
• Venky Atluri told Deccan Chronicle that he has not approached Kapoor and called the casting chatter a baseless hoax.
• Atluri has publicly expressed excitement about working with Suriya, but neither the makers nor the principals have announced any casting for Kapoor.
• If the role materializes, it would mark Kapoor’s return to Telugu cinema roughly 45 years after his debut in Vamsa Vruksham (1980).