Overview

• On August 12, the Bombay High Court affirmed B Subhash’s creative and authorial rights, ending his two-year dispute with Shemaroo Entertainment over the original film’s intellectual property.
• Filmmaker B Subhash and co-producer Nitin Kumar Gupta have signaled they will press KV Vijayendra Prasad to complete the sequel’s story and screenplay following the court verdict.
• Ranbir Kapoor and Allu Arjun are the preferred choices to step into the lead role first made famous by Mithun Chakraborty, though no official casting has been confirmed.
• The production team has proposed shooting key sequences in Russia and engaging international musicians—including Russian acts—to recreate the original’s cross-border musical appeal.
• Key elements such as final casting decisions, financing structures, shooting schedule and whether Subhash will direct remain under negotiation in early planning stages.