Overview

• SS Rajamouli has replaced longtime collaborator KK Senthil Kumar with P.S. Vinod to oversee the cinematography of his next adventure project
• The planned Kenya filming remains suspended because of political unrest, with Tanzania and South Africa under review as backup locations
• Mahesh Babu is reported to be performing his own high-risk stunts without a body double to heighten the film’s authenticity
• An expansive solo dance number starring Mahesh Babu is currently being shot on a custom-built marketplace set in Hyderabad
• Tanzanian media reports a leaked synopsis portraying the story as an Indiana Jones–style explorer tale, though the production has not confirmed plot details