Nikhila to play MB’s daughter?

After making her debut with ‘Meda Meedha Abbayi’, Malayalam actress Nikhila Vimal will be playing the role of Mohan Babu’s daughter in his next big ticket film. Earlier, Nandita was considered for the role, but now Nikhila has bagged the plum offer since the film is made on the lines of Mohan Babu’s earlier hit film ‘Rayudu’. “Nikhila has been considered for the meaty role but nothing is finalised yet,” says a source, close to the unit.

The film is billed as a family drama that revolves around father and daughter bonding and Mohan Babu would be seen as friendly and disciplined father onscreen. “Nikhila was seen in Malayalam films like ‘Bhagyadevatha’ and ‘Love 24x7 and Tamil films like ‘Vetrivel’ and ‘Kidaari’ and has done a good job in these films,” adds the source.

Versatile actor Mohan Babu is currently busy with the shooting of a the movie under the direction of Madan. The shooting of the flick is currently progressing in Tirupathi, and the unit canned a laivsh song with 1,000 junior artistes and 400 dancers recently, under the guidnace of Bollywood choreographer, Ganesh Acharya.

The film music is scored by SS Thaman “Almost major part of the shooting is complete and the big ticket film will be emotional saga and yet another role to showcase the immense talent of Mohan Babu,’ concludes the source. Writer-director Madan who made films like ‘Pellaina Koththalo’ would be banking on this film to return to the limelight.