Rana Daggubati in Haathi Mere Saathi first look (courtesy RanaDaggubati)
Highlights
- "Entering the new year with a great new story to tell," tweeted Rana
- Rana Daggubati shared the first look of Haathi Mere Saathi
- Haathi Mere Saathi is scheduled to go on floors this month
Rana Daggubati shared the first look of
his new film Haathi Mere Saathi and we can't take our eyes off the actor. "Entering the new year with a great new story to tell. Introducing #Bandev from #HaathiMereSaathi," tweeted the actor along with a poster of
Haathi Mere Saathi, featuring just himself. In the poster, Rana sports a rugged outfit with a
lathi in his hands and accompanying him in the frame, is an elephant. At first, the actor's look for the movie may take you by surprise as he's still remembered as the tyrannical Bhallala Deva from S S Rajamouli's
Baahubali series of films.
Soon after Rana shared his look,
Baahubali producer Shobu Yarlagadda sent his best wishes to the actor: "Amazing transformation Rana!! Wish you the very best!" he tweeted.
To be directed by Prabhu Solomon,
Haathi Mere Saathi is scheduled to go on floors this month with the first leg of the shooting set in Thailand. The movie will also be filmed across India and is a trilingual project - Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions of the movie will be released.
Haathi Mere Saathi is expected to be ready for release during Diwali this year.
Haathi Mere Saathi is said to be a tribute of sorts to Rajesh Khanna, who famously starred in the 1971 classic movie of the same name. But the new one will not exactly be a remake and have a different plot.
Last seen in
Nene Raju Nene Mantri, Rana Daggubati is best known for the
Baahubali series of movies. Apart from Telugu and Tamil films, the actor also has Bollywood projects like
The Ghazi Attack, Department, Dum Maaro Dum and
Baby on his resume.