IN PICS | Prabhas to lead Hanu Raghavapudi historical fiction set in 1940s; Imanvi, Mithun Chakraborty among cast

Prashanth Neel’s Salaar: Part 1 and Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD is in the past. Telugu icon Prabhas is geared up for the next, and if reports are true, the Baahubali actor's next will be a period drama. The historical thriller will be directed by Hanu Raghavapudi and produced by Mythri Movie Makers.

Dancer-actor Imanvi and iconic actors Mithun Chakraborty and Jaya Prada will join Prabhas in main roles in the movie, reports said. Mythri Movie Makers on Saturday, shared pictures from the pooja ceremony of the yet-to-be-named film in Hyderabad on X (formerly Twitter). 

Prashanth Neel attended the pooja ceremony, photos showed.

"When wars were a battle for supremacy, ONE WARRIOR redefined what they were FOUGHT for... 

...a HISTORICAL FICTION set in the 1940s," the production house revealed on the microblogging platform.

The shooting of the film is set to begin on August 24 in Hyderabad and is scheduled for a late-2025 release, some reports claimed. 

Prashant Neel attended the pooja ceremony of Prabhas's new movie in Hyderabad | X

Sudeep Chatterjee ISC will be behind the camera and  Vishal Chandrasekhar will helm the music department of the movie. 

Hanu Raghavapudi and Prabhas | X

Like Ram Charan in  SS Rajamouli's magnum opus RRR, is Prabhas going to don the British-Indian uniform in this project? Only time will tell!

The crew during the pooja ceremony of the movie in Hyderabad | X

Earlier in the day, streaming service Prime Video announced that Nag Ashwin's post-apocalypse spectacle Kalki 2898 AD will make its OTT debut on August 22. Featuring a star-studded cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Prabhas and Kamal Haasan, the action-adventure film will be available in Telugu as well as Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, with subtitles in English, on Prime Video, the company said in a press release.