Director Gunasekhar on Friday, October 9 revealed that his magnum-opus, Hiranyakashyap, starring Rana Daggubati in the lead, is temporarily put on the backburner.“Despite Hiranyakashyap pre-production work completed, the massive scale shoot will take off later than anticipated,” (sic) tweeted Gunasekhar. Hiranyakashyap, touted to be based on the mythological character of the same name, was announced by Rana Daggubati a few years ago.
The Rana Daggubati starrer based on Asura Hiranyakashyap from Indian mythology made on a massive budget was reported to be made with an ensemble star cast by the online portal The News Minute.However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, shooting with a huge star cast is impossible, stated director Gunasekhar in the tweet.The forthcoming movie is bankrolled by Rana Daggubati’s father Suresh Babu’s production banner.
Since Hiranyakashyap is temporarily shelved due to the coronavirus pandemic, director Gunasekhar has decided to begin work on another film.He has started working on his next movie, Shakuntalam, a whimsical tale of love.The Gunasekhar-directorial is based on Mahabharat.
Rana Daggubati will be next seen in Prabu Solomon’s tri-lingual.
The movie, starring Rana Daggubati, Vishnu Vishal, Shriya Pilgaonkar, and Pulkit Samrat in the lead, is based on real-life incidents of animal abuse.The film is expected to simultaneously release in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi languages.
