Who is Replacing Nagarjuna & Mahesh Babu in Mani Ratnam film ?

22/05/2014

As we earlier reported there were overwhelming reports that Mani Ratnam's Nagarjuna-Mahesh Babu film was dropped, According to sources the lead actors were not happy with the script and hence the pull out. 

There was a buzz that Mani Ratnam has moved to direct Chiranjeevi's 150th film instead, But a source from Times of India has reported that the ace director met Chiranjeevi in Hyderabad at his residence. "The meeting was set up by actress Suhasini to discuss perspective films. One was to explore the possibility of Mani Ratnam directing Chiranjeevi's 150th film. Secondly, Mani Ratnam also sought to discuss the possibility of casting Ram Charan in a multi-starrer which Mahesh and Nagarjuna were supposed to act in but opted out," reported the source.

Apparently, Chiranjeevi politely declined Mani Ratnam's offer to direct his 150th film. However, he gave the nod for the Ram Charan film. "The duo had a long discussion about how Ram Charan would be projected. Chiranjeevi liked the plot line and gave the green signal in principle. Allu Arjun's name also came up in the discussion," adds the source.