Overview

• Priyanka Chopra has confirmed her first major Hindi film since 2019’s The Sky Is Pink by joining SS Rajamouli’s SSMB29.
• SS Rajamouli has finalized the script and secured Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu in the lead role, with Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran cast as the antagonist.
• The production is slated to carry a budget exceeding £94 million (₹1,000 crore), positioning it among the priciest Indian films ever made.
• Pre-production milestones include a Holi sequence filmed in Hyderabad, and the next shooting phase is scheduled to take place in Kenya.
• Elaborate sets replicating locations such as Varanasi are under construction at Ramoji Film City to support the project’s expansive pan-Indian scope.