Telugu360 broke the news that the Ramanaidu Studios at Nanakramguda is shutting down soon after the property is getting turned into a housing community. The studio which was located in the outskirts was once very convenient for shoots but with several housing communities around, Suresh Babu decided to convert Ramanaidu Studio into a housing society. Rana’s next project Hiranyakashyapa is planned to roll this year and the pre-production work started long ago.

Massive sets are planned to be erected in Nanakramguda Studios initially. But with the studio shutting down, Suresh Babu decided to shift the entire shoot to Vizag Ramanaidu Studios. The sets are now erected in Vizag. With the capital shifting to Vizag, Suresh Babu is also in plans to develop the Vizag studio. Gunasekhar will direct Hiranyakashyapa which will start rolling this summer. Suresh Productions are investing a bomb on this mythological film.

Rana Daggubati took a long break after which he started shooting for his next film titled Virata Parvam. The shoot of this social drama is happening at a brisk pace in Kerala currently. Some crucial scenes on Rana, Sai Pallavi and Priyamani are currently canned in the thick forests of Kerala. Rana is sweating out for the action episodes and the film is set in the Naxalite backdrop. He essays the role of a cop in Virata Parvam that is directed by Venu Udugula.

The makers are in plans to release the film during summer. The entire shoot of Virata Parvam will be wrapped up by the mid of March. Suresh Babu and Sudhakar Cherukuri are the producers. After this, Rana will move on to his next big-budget mythological film Hiranyakashyapa in the direction of Gunasekhar.

Rana who has returned from the USA after getting treated for an ailment for four months is now busy with the Hyderabad Football Club matches. He is quite active, not sitting idle. But why is he taking so much time to announce his next movies? According to our sources, he has already allotted dates to director Venu Udugula’s period romantic drama ‘Virata Parvam’.

Once he finishes the shoot of ‘Virata Parvam’, he will move on to other projects. The priority for him is to wrap this.

The film features Sai Pallavi and Nandita Das in the prime roles. Sai Pallavi is currently busy shooting for Sekhar Kamula’s ‘Love Story’. She will join the shoot of ‘Virata Paravam’ in the first week of December. So, Rana will join the shoot of this period love story from the 1st of December.

Rana’s other period movie ‘1945’ ran into financial troubles. Rana recently termed the producer of this trilingual movie a fraud. He has not signed any other film as of now. Gunasekhar’s ‘Hiranya Kashyapa’ is put on hold temporarily.

Rana Daggubati turned a pan Indian actor because of his pick of films in multiple languages. Soon filmmakers from various languages approached Rana and he signed interesting films. One among them is 1945, a periodic drama that is directed by Sathyasiva which is set during the pre-Independence era. Regina Cassandra is the female lead and Nassar, Satyaraj will be seen in pivotal roles. The film’s half of the shoot is completed and 1945 is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages.

There has been no trace about 1945 in the recent times and a source close to the actor revealed that the film is kept on hold due to financial reasons. Rana is ready to return back to the sets once the makers are ready to invest and complete the shoot. Rana went to do a clean shave look for 1945 which was shot in Kochi and Sri Lanka last year. We have to wait to see if the film gets completed or goes shelved.

Actor Rana Daggubati, who had dubbed for a version of the Hollywood superhero film “Avengers: Infinity War”, is interested in the genre if told in Indian context.

Asked if Rana would like to do a superhero film, he told IANS: “I did one called ‘Baahubali’.”

“That’s a superhero for you,” the actor, who played the main antagonist in the “Baahubali” franchise, said with a laugh.

But what about playing the good guy?

“I would love to do something in the Indian space, Indian thinking and writing. Being a superhero is an experience that you give to the audience. The reason why the Hulk, Thanos and all are big characters is because once you go to theatres, you enter that world… created by the filmmakers,” he said.

Rana had said earlier: “‘Baahubali’ has done to Indian cinema what ‘Star Wars’ has done to America. I really feel we are in our best time now.”

Actor Rana Daggubati, who has replaced veteran actor Nana Patekar in “Housefull 4”, has started shooting for the film.

Rana on Friday tweeted: “Heading to the sets of ‘Housefull 4’. Shooting in Mumbai after a very long time!”

The 33-year-old actor replaced Nana after the latter was accused of sexual misconduct by actress and former beauty queen Tanushree Dutta on the sets of 2008 film “Horn OK Pleassss”.

“Housefull 4” has been dogged by controversy. In October, filmmaker Sajid Khan stepped down as its director oafter he was accused of several sexual harassment incidents.

He has been replaced by Farhad Samji.

The film is being currently shot in Mumbai and stars Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda and Pooja Hegde.

Rana Daggubati is one actor who has been picking up unique films and he is not bothered about essaying the lead role. He signed an adventure drama Haathi Mere Saathi which is directed by Prabhu Solomon. Most of the film has been shot across Thailand and in Kerala. Rana Daggubati lost 15 kgs for the role and the film is being shot simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. Eros International is producing this big budget action adventure.

The makers initially announced that the film will release during Diwali. The last schedule of the film is delayed as Rana Daggubati is occupied with the shoot of NTR. The last schedule will commence from November with which the entire shoot of Haathi Mere Saathi will be wrapped up. There has been extensive VFX work in the film and hence the makers are keen on releasing the film during May next year in summer. The official release date of Haathi Mere Saathi will be announced once the shoot gets wrapped up. Haathi Mere Saathi is all about a relationship shared by a man and elephant. Rana Daggubati has been specially trained before the film’s shoot.