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Krishnan Love Story producer Uday Mehta will be producing a new film with Sudeep as a hero under the direction of Shashank who is the director of Krishnan Love Story which has now become a big hit in the Kannada film industry.

Talking to Chitraloka, Uday Mehta confirmed the news of Sudeep agreeing to work in his film under the direction of Shashank. "Already both Sudeep and Shashank have discussed about few story lines and I am sure the story will be finalised in a few days. Since Sudeep sir has told me that he will give call sheet from February next year, we will have ample time to work on the screen play and do pre production work for the film' says Uday Mehta.

Sudeep was quite impressed with Krishnan Love Story and had indeed liked the work of Shashank, says Uday. "When I first approached Sudeep sir and told him about my intentions of making a film with him under the direction of Shashank he felt pleased. He said that he was also interested to work with Shashank' said Uday Mehta.

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My next film with Sudeep will be my biggest: Director Shashank

DNA first reported a coup of sorts last September of director Shashank teaming up with actor Sudeep for a rather ambitious project.

Now that Shashank’s film with Vijay, Jarasandha, is nearing its release, the director is all set to begin work on his yet-to-be titled film with Sudeep, which he promises will be his biggest film till date.

“I plan to begin the film in November. I’ve a script which requires three heroines to be a part of it. Each of the girls has an important role, so I’m currently going to be busy with casting and other finer details,” says Shashank, who will be backed by producer Uday Mehta.

Shashank plans to release the film it in four languages, encashing on his hero’s popularity. “Sudeep is a national-level actor. He’s been accepted in Hindi and Telugu already and he’s soon going to make his mark in Tamil. So it makes sense for me to release the film in at least four languages,” he says.

Quiz him on how big the budget of the film will be and Shashank says, “It is a huge budget, no doubt. But, we cannot compromise on anything either, especially when we have an actor like Sudeep as the protagonist.

Bachchan Titled For Sudeep-Shashank film


The title for Sudeep starrer film to be produced by Uday Mehta and directed by Shashank has been finalised as ‘Bachchan’ sources said. It appears Kicha has given a go ahead for the title recently when both Shashank and Mehta had met him to narrate the completed dialogue version of the film.
Though Shashank had thought of this title from the day he had completed the script of the film, he was wary of publicising the title, as Sudeep had expressed some reservations about the title. Later when the complete dialogue version was heard by the actor, he seems to have agreed to the title which was perfect for the story of the film. Since the title of Bachchan has been finalised for the film, it looks as if the film will have lot of Heroism dialogues and good build ups for the hero.

Three heroines are to be finalised for the film and search is already on. Hari Krishna is the music director of the film. Both Shashank and Sudeep have had discussions with the renowned music director for timely delivery of song compositions.

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Bachchan Heroine Bhavana

Malayalam film industry’s talented beauty Bhavana is going places in the Kannada film industry. Now she has added another Kannada film to her kitty after signing the film Bachchan directed by Shashank which is being produced by Uday Mehta. Kichcha Sudeepa is playing the title role in the film. Already the promo shoot of the film and promo shoot is over. The first look of the film will be unveiled on May 31 in front of the media persons.

Incidentally, Deepa Sannidhi and Parul Yadav have already been selected to play the characters of other two heroines in the film.
The film will be launched with a Pooja on June 1. The regular shooting of the film will commence from June 20.

Meanwhile, it is confirmed that Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu will be making a debut in this Kannada film. Jagapathi Babu is fairly well known to many Kannada film artists and is closer to both Arjun Sarja and Kichcha Sudeepa. Babu was excited to accept a good role in Bachchan which is central to the film’s story.

“Nothing matters for me. I am only looking for a good role, I hope my friends Arjun Sarja or Sudeep would try to get a good role for me’ a smiling Jagapathi Babu had told when he was here for the launch of Chiranjeevi Sarja starrer “Vaayuputhra’ launched a few years ago.
Now, it looks like Shashank has a tailor made role for the handsome Telugu actor in Bachchan. Sudeep is one of his friends in the Kannada film industry and the Telugu actor had made his presence in the audio launch of Sudeep directed ‘No. 73, Shanthi Nivasa’ a few years ago.

“Jagapathi Babu plays the role of a dynamic police officer and we require ten to twelve days of call sheet from him. He has agreed to be part of the film as the story had inspired him’ says Shashank.

But the idea is also a good business proposition as Kicha has already become popular in the Telugu film industry after working in S.S.Rajamouli’s Telugu film Eega. Jagapathi Babu’s presence in the film may enhance the attraction for the Telugu dubbing rights of the film.
Bachchan will be launched in Bengaluru on May 31. Jagapathi Babu is expected to be present on that occasion

Nayanthara not doing Bachchan
Instead, Bhavana will team up with her Vishnuvardhana co-star Sudeep for the film
Sharanya CR
It was earlier reported that Kollywood lass Nayanthara would play the female lead opposite Sudeep in the Shashank directorial Bachchan. But it looks like the Super actor will not be part of the film. Nayanthara has opted out of the project citing the ‘dates didn’t work out’ excuse. And now, the director has roped in Malayalam actor Bhavana to replace Nayan.
The film will have Sudeep playing a nuanced character and has three female leads — Bhavana, Parul and Deepa Sannidhi — in powerful characters. Talking about the replacement, director Shashank says, “Nayanthara couldn’t adjust her dates because of her Tamil film with Ajith. And that’s one of the reasons she had to opt out of the project. But now we have Bhavana, who will be essaying the role. It’s a very important character and is crucial to the film’s script. We couldn’t think of anyone else apart from her for the role and we’re sure that she will do a great job.”
Bhavana and Sudeep have earlier worked together in Vishnuvardhana and have been called a hit combination. And that only seems to have added value to Bachchan, says Shashank. “People are already aware of their combination and they both shared great chemistry in their previous film,” he says.
(With inputs from Purba Dutt)
WHAT ABOUT THE BADDIE? Bachchanwill have four villains. “We have finalized Ravishankar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Pradeep Singh Rawat. As the dates didn’t work out with Mahesh Manjrekar, we are looking at another actor from Bollywood to essay his role,” says Shashank. Mahesh, says, “There were some date issues, and we couldn’t seem to work around it. But I haven’t been communicated anything officially.â€

Jagapathi Babu in 'Bachchan'..


Top Telugu stars are making entry in Sandalwood and the first one to give his presence was mega star Chiranjeevi in ‘Sipayi’ with crazy star V Ravichandran.

Later Krishnamraju came to Kannada cinema ‘Simhada Mari’ with Shivarajakumar for father role. We have seen actors from Telugu Srikanth the person from Raichur of Karnataka. Very recently Srihari came from ‘Ko Ko Koli Kothi’.

Similarly Kannada stars also acted in Telugu films. The one who made it big is Prakash Raj. Superstar Upendra made debut from ‘Raa’ Telugu film. Kichcha Sudeep foray in to Telugu film ‘Eega’ in SS Rajamouli direction Now it is the turn of top Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu.

Kichcha Sudeep and Jagapathi Babu are friends and that made the actor to make his first appearance in ‘Bachchan’. It seems the role of Jagapathi Babu is on the negative shade. Director Shashank announced three tormentors for ‘Bachchan’ are Jagapathi Babu, Pradip Singh Rawat and Ashish Vidyarthi...