Filmmaker Sekhar Kammula has wrapped up the talkie part of his ambitious Kubera, front-lined by Dhanush, Nagarjuna and Rashmika Mandanna. He is right now gearing up to complete the two and-a-half songs that are pending; one song will be shot in Mumbai and the other one-and-a-half song in Hyderabad next month. The active promotions will kick off after the shooting completes as the film is tentatively confirmed to hit the screens on February 21, 2025.
Kammula, who has mostly confined himself to feel-good love stories and slice-of-life films so far, is delving into deeper waters with Kubera, which is an action-thriller set in Mumbai. He spent a good amount of time researching the subject before hitting the ground running. His last, Love Story, opened in cinemas in September of 2021, so it has been more than three years since he had a release. Our sources say with his next film, Kammula doesn’t want this big a gap.
The director, sources add, will make his next film as well for Suniel Narang and Ram Mohan Rao of Sri Venkateswara Cinemas LLP in association with his Amigos Creations. “He has formed a strong bond with them, so there is no reason why he would want to look somewhere else. As far as the leading light is concerned, Nani is the front-runner to headline it. The director and the actor agreed to work with each other but the story hasn’t been finalized yet. Once it happens, an official announcement will be made,” a source close to the development confirmed to us.
The source goes on, “However, there’s a catch. Nani after wrapping up his on-sets HIT-The Third Case will dive into Srikanth Odela’s The Paradise, which will take at least eight to ten months to be wrapped up after going into production. Then there’s Sujeeth Sign who is waiting for him. If there’s considerable delay from Nani’s end, Kammula will likely go with Naga Chaitanya, with whom he hit it off well on the sets of Love Story. Chay just has Karthik Dandu’s mythical thriller on his dance card next. Karthik intends to wrap it up by July, so Kammula can get Chay’s dates from the second half of next year. Also, Chay assured to join forces with Sri Venkateswara Cinemas LLP again, so there is every chance for the men behind the Love Story team to conjure up some magic again, pretty soon.”
