Ringing in the new year, Rana Daggubati shared the first look of his film with Prabhu Solomon Haathi Mere Saathi on social media, introducing the world to Bandev. Playing a mahout in this remake of the 1971 Hindi film, Daggubati can be seen sporting a salt-and-pepper look, seated in front of his co-star, an Asian elephant.
Entering the new year with a great new story to tell. Introducing #Bandev from #HaathiMereSaathi #HaathiMereSaathiFL pic.twitter.com/7jITiEc82K
— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) December 31, 2017
The film will release in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu and will go into production this month.
Incidentally, Prabhu had directed another film that explored the relationship between an elephant and a mahout – Kumki (2012) starring Vikram Prabhu and Lakshmi Menon. In September last year, it was announced that Prabhu has started work on Kumki 2, but it isn’t clear if this project with Daggubati is the same as the sequel to his 2012 film.
Daggubati’s Baahubali co-star Anushka Shetty, too, has a new poster out of her film, Bhaagamathie. The teaser was out in late December, marking Anushka’s next big release.
#Bhaagamathie wishes you a Happy New Year 2018.
She Will See You Soon!#NYWithBhaagamathie pic.twitter.com/6wKAicMA7G— UV Creations (@UV_Creations) January 1, 2018
The Telugu-Tamil-Malayalam thriller is directed by G Ashok and features Unni Mukundan, Aadhi Pinisetty, and Jayaram as part of the cast. Music is by S Thaman, and the film is likely to release on January 26.
