Mahesh Babu all set for a Bollywood debut

Mumbai: Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is all set to make his Bollywood debut with director duo Krishna DK-Raj Nidumoru`s upcoming film.

Southern actor Dhanush is making his Bollywood debut with `Raanjhanaa` next month, Ram Charan Teja will reprise the role of megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the remake version of `Zanjeer`, Prithviraj Sukumaran made his acting debut with `Aiyyaa` and his recent release was Aurangzeb` and now Mahesh Babu is set to enter B-Town.

"We are doing a film with Mahesh Babu. We were in talks with him since six months. It is an action-comedy film. It is not a remake of any south film, it is an original subject," Raj said.

The makers are in search of a leading lady and are open to having either a known actress or even a newcomer, whoever fits the role.

This untitled film is likely to be made in two languages - Hindi and Telugu. The shooting for the film will begin by the end of this year.

The director duo rocked the Hindi box-office with their zombie comedy film `Go Goa Gone`, starring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Puja Gupta.

Post the release of their recently released film `Go Goa Gone`, Raj and DK are set to start another film with Saif Ali Khan.

The film will be a romantic-comedy and will see Saif romancing Ileana D`Cruz.

"The shooting for this film will begin in a month. The story is based in LA but it has nothing to do with NRI couple. It is a completely original film," Raj said.

PTI

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