24 July 2024
Hyderabad

Released earlier this year, Hanu-Man was a box office smash, establishing its writer-director Prasanth Varma as a talent who can fashion wonders with his creative ideas and filmmaking skills. The film received tons of accolades for its captivating storytelling, striking visual effects, strong performances, and seamlessly blending mythology with the superhero genre.

The sequel–Jai Hanuman–was announced at the end of the first part and it is carrying tremendous buzz in the trade circles and if our sources are to be believed, Prasanth is on his way to pull something ‘mega’ with the film.

A source close to the development confirms to us, “Prasanth is keen on megastar Chiranjeevi for Jai Hanuman, which will be a part of PVCU (Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe) and whose story will primarily centre on lord Hanuman and his exploits in battling evil. The director, however, is not ready to pitch it to the megastar yet. Once he has everything in place and unless he manages to show the entire film to Chiru even before he begins principal photography, he wouldn’t narrate it to the actor. He is operating in a proper Hollywood style with regards to the pre-production.”

The source adds, “In fact, Prasanth wanted Chiru for Hanu-Man but later went the photo realistic VFX way. It was one of the reasons for him to have not shown the close-up of lord Hanuman. The sequel is mounted on a huge scale. It’s consuming a lot of time to design every shot; in fact Prasanth’s team is burning midnight oil to design every shot in a way that it will spellbind the audience. The script work is over. The storyboard is going on right now."

From a pious Hanuman bhakt to playing Hanuman himself and with Prasanth at the helm of affairs, it looks to be an offer that the megastar can’t refuse. What do you say?

-NAGARAJ GOUD