Mahesh-Siva film to roll from May

Announced six months ago, the filming of Mahesh Babu’s as-yet-untitled next with Koratala Siva will only kick off in May. Sources close to the project have confirmed to us that though Siva wanted to get the project rolling sometime back itself, the delay in the shooting of Mahesh’s Telugu-Tamil bilingual with AR Murugadoss has slowed down his plans.

“Mahesh will be shooting Murugadoss’ film till the third week of April, post which he is planning to go for a summer vacation with his family. So in all likelihood, the project with Siva will only go on floors in May,” said sources.

Mahesh will be reportedly playing a Chief Minister in the film. Siva is yet to lock on the heroine and a few other key supporting actors. “The supporting casting is almost finalised but Siva and producer Danayya are keen to make an announcement only when everything is on paper,” sources added.