Prakash Raj backs out of Rana’s multilingual

While Daggubati Rana-starrer ‘Ghazi’ (tentative title) went on to floors recently, the unit received a major jolt in the form of Prakash Raj’s exit.

Hans Talkies has learnt that the versatile actor has backed out of the film and expressed his inability to be part of the cast well in advance. Apparently, Prakash wanted to spend more time on his directorial venture ‘Mana Oori Ramayanam’, a Telugu-Kannada quirky village drama, and so exited ‘Ghazi’.

A source close to the development confirms, “Prakash Raj was intrigued by the subject and liked his part so much so that he came on board quickly. But he had to opt out in the eleventh hour to concentrate on his directorial venture. He communicated the same with makers much before and came out of the project amicably. The makers are yet to find a replacement to him.”

Meanwhile, Marathi actor Atul Kulkarni has joined the sets of the trilingual recently. He will be seen in a pivotal role in the war drama. Being produced by PVP Cinema, Sankalp Reddy, who has penned the film, is also making his directorial debut with the flick.

By Sashidhar Adivi