Bellamkonda Srinivas’s upcoming film will feature Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh in an important role, confirm sources in the know. The young actor from the Hindi film industry was the director’s choice to play the villain as he wanted an actor who is relatively new to the Tollywood audience.

Earlier, it was heard that the makers are considering the name of Naveen Chandra to play the antagonist. Directed by debutant Srinivas, the film is touted to be a complete romantic thriller.

Bellamkonda Srinivas will be sporting a new get up in it and his looks will be the highlight, reveal sources. According to sources, the director has reportedly told that after watching all of Bellamkonda Srinivas’ films he is sure that his looks in the film will have the audiences go gaga.

The star is currently busy with Saakshyam, which will be out in the theatres soon. Directed by Sriwass, the film features Pooja Hegde as the heroine with R Sarath Kumar and Meena in a pivotal role.

Neil Nithin Mukesh, who is currently busy with the Prabhas starrer Saaho, is expected to join the sets of this movie soon. On the female leads to be roped in, we hear through sources that Kajal Agarwal and Catherine Tresa have inked the deal.

Neil Nithin will be making his debut in the Telugu film industry with the Prabhas starrer Saaho, directed by Sujeeth. Saaho is multilingual that will be released in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. He also has the Bollywood flick Firrkie which is under production.

Neil Nithin made his acting debut as a child artiste in the 1988 release Vijay and went on to act in several films since then. His maiden Tamil film, Kaththi had Vijay playing the lead role and was directed by AR Murugadoss. With a couple of films in Tollywood, Neil Nithin Mukesh is making inroads in the south Indian film industry.

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