S S Rajamouli - Mahesh Babu shoot in Borra caves and Kenya Park - Mohanlal Aashirvad Cinemas on revival path

 Rajamouli and his team have finalised Borra Caves in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, as one of the primary shooting locations.The Borra Caves, a popular tourist destination, will host a key sequence in the film. Sources close to the production confirmed that nearly two weeks of shooting is planned at this historical site. 

Rajamouli himself recently visited the caves with his team to assess the location. While the local shoot is generating excitement, a significant portion of the film will also be shot in Kenya, Amboseli National Park. highlighting the movie’s global canvas.

Produced by KL Narayana, the project boasts an enormous budget, with Hollywood studios handling the VFX. Mahesh Babu is reportedly preparing for his role which will start him in a never-seen-before avatar. This marks his most expensive project yet.

Adding to the recent reports, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been roped in as the female lead. Her global stardom is expected to amplify the film’s international reach. The move has been praised as a strategic choice that blends Indian and global cinema seamlessly.

#BorraCaves near Araku valley of Visakhapatnam. An Breath taking hilly terrain, beautiful landscape, semi-evergreen moist deciduous forests, and wild fauna of the area are a visual feast. This cave is the biggest in India considering the area it has spread geographically.

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Dr Sharon Thomas marketing head of Aashirvad Cinemas of Antony Perumbavoor told Galatta Plus that around Rs 150 crores was the production budget of Barroz. For the first five days, the film has just collected 14.5 Cr gross worldwide and the closing will be less than 30 Cr Gross, which indicates that the final share will be less than 15 Cr. It means the movie collected just 10% of the budget. Dr.Sharon said that Mohanlal as the Director along with Antony did not release 2D print and went in for only 3D prints. This according to trade limited the number of screens and was one reason for poor collections apart from the bad screenplay. Usually such films are shot in 2D and then converted to 3D to save costs.

Aashirvad Cinemas is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2025, The banner is gearing up to announce five new films on January 25, 2025. The first project is rumored to be titled Hridayapoorvam, directed by Sathyan Anthikad. Additionally, the slate is expected to include films with directors Jithu Joseph, Blessy, and Priyadarshan, with the final project being kept under wraps as a surprise.

As an actor he will kick off the year with Thudarum, a family drama directed by Tharun Moorthy, which will be released on January 30, 2025. The film also stars Shobana . On March 27, 2025, the highly anticipated sequel to Lucifer, titled L2: Empuraan , Directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, is poised to be one of the year’s biggest releases.

Sunny Leone debut film had Malayali hero like Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra grandmom is Keralite Christian

 Priyanka Chopra's grand mother is a Malayali Christian. Aishwarya Rai's first hero was Mohanlal . Sunny Leone's first hero in debut film  was Nishant Sagar, a Malayali actor.. Samantha first film was directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and she played a Malayali in the film.

Priyanka Chopra's maternal grandmother is Mary John from `Kavalappara' family belonging to Syrian Jacobite Church in Kumarakom ,  famous for the backwaters and near Kottayam located in Central Kerala. She married a Bihar politician Dr M K Akhouri and changed her name to Madhu Jyotsna Akhouri. Her daughter is Dr Madhu Chopra. Priyanka's grandmother said in an interview that her relatives who visited her used to speak in Malayalam to Priyanka and she had picked up a few words. Priyanka and her brother Siddharth along with her mother were at the funeral held in a church in Poonkunam at  Kottayam. It was her grandmother's last wish to be cremated at the church ground of her birth place.

Aishwarya Rai\s first film she signed was Mani Rathnam!s Iruvar and the hero was Mohanlal, Later she signed a Hindi film with  Bobby Deol as hero. Both the films were box office failures. Actress Rohini dubbed for Aishwarya Rai in Iruvar. She played the dual role of  Pushpavalli and Kalpana ( Jayalalithaa).

The debut  feature film that Sunny Leone acted was a Indo American film  Pirates Blood . That film was directed by Mark Rating from hollywood, and Gulab Prem was its producer. Cinematography was done by Ramachandra Babu. That film was shot mainly in America and India. Nishanth Sagar who debuted in a film Jokker with Deliep was the hero. After this Hollywood film, Sunny signed the Hindi film Jism 2. The film was shot in 2006- 2007 and post production was done in Chennai. Pattanam Rasheed was the makeup man. The film is gearing for a theater release in India. Sunny is acting in a Malayalam film Shero directed by Kuttanadan Marappa fame director Sreejith Vijayan.

Samantha made her debut as leading lady in a Telugu film Ye Maaye Cheesave directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It was a remake of his hit Tamil film Vinnai thandi Varuvaaya and Samantha played Jessie a Malayali Christian girl. She won the Andhra Nandi award for her debut film.

Katrina Kaif had played the lead opposite Mammooty in Balram v/s Tharadas,a Malayalam film directed by I V Sasi.