NEWS BRIEF: TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY NEWS THIS WEEK

A snippet of all the latest Telugu Film industry news over the past week. 

Nithya Menen to romance Pawan Kalyan

Talented actress Nithya Menon is on board to play the wife role of Power Star Pawan Kalyan in 'Ayyappanum Koshiyum' remake. Rana Daggubati is also playing another lead role in this movie and Aishwarya Rajesh is going to romance him. The makers have been searching for a perfect heroine for Pawan Kalyan in the movie and have finally zeroed down on Nithya Menen.

Rashmika Mandanna to star in NTR Trivikram movie

Young Tiger NTR who is currently busy with 'RRR' movie is going to wrap up the shooting soon and will join the shooting of his upcoming movie under the direction of Trivikram Srinivas. The makers have recently approached happening beauty Rashmika Mandanna to play the female lead in this movie. The actress is yet to sign the dotted line.

Prabhas signs a project with Dil Raju

Young Rebel Star Prabhas who has been waiting for the release of his upcoming movie 'Radhe Shyam' also has two Pan Indian movies like 'Salaar' under the direction of Prashanth Neel and 'Aadi Purush' under the direction of Om Raut in his pipeline. Prabhas has now signed yet another project under Dil Raju's production and the producer has roped in Prashanth Neel again to helm the project. The movie is going to mark the second outing of Prashanth Neel and Prabhas after 'Salaar'

Sonakshi Sinha all set to enter Tollywood

Bollywood beauty Sonakshi Sinha who recently played the female lead in 'Dabangg 3' is now all set to foray into Tollywood. Sonakshi Sinha is going to play the female lead in Megastar Chiranjeevi's upcoming movie which is going to be the official Telugu remake of the Malayalam super hit film, 'Lucifer' starring Mohanlal.

Mahesh Babu to play the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji

Superstar Mahesh Babu has already announced that he has signed a movie under the direction of SS Rajamouli. The director who is currently busy with 'RRR' shooting is all set to come up with yet another Pan Indian movie with Super Star Mahesh Babu. According to the buzz, the director is planning a historical movie with Mahesh Babu which will be based on Chhatrapati Shivaji's biography.