Prithviraj in Rajamouli - Mahesh film - Good Bad Ugly v/s Game Changer for Sankranthi

 Whether it is Good News or not, Ram Charan Game Changer Sankranthi release date will see opposition from Ajith- Adhik Ravichandran film Good Bad and Ugly. This challenge is limited to Tamil Nadu for Shankar. After Indian 2 debacle, Shankar name has been badly tarnished and with Game Changer, he has to get it back. Adhik Ravichandran has a success streak but not as big as Shankar. In Tamil Nadu, Ajith has a bigger name than Ram Charan and is King of opening and so if Good Bad Ugly gets the audience in and it has the stuff that AK fans are looking for, Shankar will suffer a beating and that too in his home State and at hands of a relative junior Director. This in turn will affect his Indian 3 but as it has Kamal Haasan in it, it could be dented. 

From what we hear, Ajith film is not likely to back out from Pongal race. Ironically there is another reason and that is the politics between Ajith film Producer Mythiri and Game Changer's Dil Raju. Both have a tussle over the Nizam area.

We reported about Prithviraj replacing Ayushman Khuranna in the Meghana Gulzar film and now we hear that from January 2025, he is joining S S Rajamouli for Mahesh Babu film. After Salaar, this is yet another big Pan Indian film that he will be seen in. Apart rom this his directorial Empuran with Mohanlal os getting ready for post production. Apart from this he had Vilayat Buddha.

PeepingMoon.com has exclusively learned that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Karna, starring Tamil superstar Suriya in the titular role, has been put on the backburner for the time being. The Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag director has temporarily stopped working on this two-part epic as he struggles to secure the budget of 600 crores required to mount this film. Temporarily, because Mehra still intends to make this film, having spent years researching and developing the screenplay to tell the legendary tale of Karna with historical accuracy and grandeur. 

Buzz in the trade circle also indicates that Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment is also reevaluating their plans to produce the film. The production cost has spiraled out of control, making it financially unfeasible for them. The producers have urged Mehra to significantly reduce the budget or they won’t be able to make it. Sources say Mehra has also started looking for new producers, but another hurdle he is facing lies in the casting of Suriya as Karna. The Tamil superstar has just delivered a massive flop with Kanguva, raising concerns among potential investors. The producers may now hesitate to back a project of this scale with Suriya in lead, especially what is a North India favorable mythology—the Mahabharata happened in Kurukshetra, which is in Delhi.