Tanhaji star Ajay Devgn has reportedly joined the sets of director SS Rajamouli‘s RRR starring Junior NTR in the lead. The news came from a tweet by the makers this morning.
All of us are super charged and ecstatic to kickstart our schedule with @AjayDevgn ji today… Welcome Sir!#AjayDevgn #RRRMovie #RRR pic.twitter.com/NGJ3zw7BZA
— DVV Entertainment (@DVVMovies) January 21, 2020
Recently, the makers revealed after much speculation, the female lead and the antagonists of the film. Olivia Morris, a British theatre artist will pair opposite Junior NTR while Irish actors Ray Stevenson and Alison Doody essay the antagonists in the magnum opus. Earlier, Daisy Edgar Jones who was part of the film had walked out of the project due to unavoidable ‘family circumstances’.
Alison Doody who has been a part of films like A View to a Kill, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major League II, King Solomon’s Mines essays the role of Lady Scott while Ray Stevenson who has worked in King Arthur, The Other Guys, Kill the Irishman, Thor will be playing Scott in the film. Jennifer, Olivia Morris’ character will romance Junior NTR who plays Komaram Bheem.
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RRR will also see Ram Charan essaying the role of Alluri Sitarama Raju (an independence revolutionary) and is paired opposite Alia Bhatt who plays Sita. Samuthirakani also has a significant role in the film. KK Senthil Kumar is cranking the camera, MM Keeravani is composing music, Sreekar Prasad will edit and Sabu Cyril is helming art. Bankrolled by DVV Danayya under his banner DVV Entertainments, seventy percent of the film has been completed.
The team began shoot in November 2018 and has reportedly shot in Hyderabad, Pune, Gujarat, and Bulgaria. The film is set to release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam on 30 July 2020.
Watch the press meet of RRR here.