SCOOP: No Priyanka Chopra with Mahesh Babu in SS Rajamouli’s next : Bollywood News

There were recent reports about Priyanka Chopra being cast alongside Mahesh Babu for SS Rajamouli’s untitled jungle adventure that begins shooting early next year. However, this writer spoke to someone very close to the project who debunked the Chopra angle. The source said, “We don’t know where this came from. I mean, Rajamouli hasn’t even met her (Priyanka Chopra) for this project. The story claims Raja has met her on several occasions to discuss the project. Could we have some more details of these meetings, please? So, we would know how to proceed with the casting?”

SCOOP: No Priyanka Chopra with Mahesh Babu in SS Rajamouli’s next

The source revealed the casting status saying, “Apart from Mahesh Babu, no other actor has been roped in for the project. Raja and his father (writer Vijayendra Prasad) first want to lock in the script. Only then would the rest of the cast be decided. And no, Priyanka Chopra is not even a possibility.”

The most rumour-centric projects of 2024 were Tiger Vs Pathaan and Rajamouli’s next with Mahesh Babu in the lead. The one never happened, the other is a long way from going on the floors.

An enterprising portal had come up with a story that Mahesh Babu plays a character based on Hanuman in Rajamouli’s project to be shot in jungles in various parts of the world. But when this writer reached out to Rajamouli’s father Vijayendra Prasad, who is the writer of the Mahesh Babu project, he denied any such mythologization of Mahesh Babu’s character.

So, to set the record straight: Only Mahesh Babu and Rajamouli have been decided. Any other addition to the cast or crew you read about is manufactured. Mahesh Babu plays a contemporary character in a the fast-paced jungle adventure.

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