Young actor Nikhil struggled for success before the release of Swamy Ra Ra. Though he caught attention with his debut movie Happy Days, it took him some time to prove himself as an actor. His first super hit was Swamy Ra Ra directed by debutant Sudheer Varma after which he scored his career best with Karthikeya. Chandoo Mondeti directed the movie which established a decent market for Nikhil in Tollywood. Swathi Reddy played the female lead in both the movies. When Tollywood has been looking towards some super hit movies, Nikhil scored his third hit in a row with Surya Vs Surya which introduced cinematographer Karthik Ghattamaneni as the director. The movie discussed an innovative concept which made the audience fall flat for the film.
After scoring three back to back hits, Nikhil is much choosy and he has been quite careful about his upcoming movies. As usual he has given his nod for Uday Nandhanavam, a debutant for his next film. The movie has been titled as Shankarabharanam which completed shoot recently. The movie has been in news ever since it has been launched as the makers have been promoting the movie at regular intervals. The movie is said to be a crime comedy which features Prema Katha Chitram fame Nandhitha in the female lead. Shankarabharanam is currently busy with the post production work. Top writer Kona Venkat has penned the script of the movie along with the screenplay and he is co producing the movie after a super hit like
The recently released first look poster received huge response all over and the theatrical trailer has been out recently which raised the heat on the movie. The movie is said to have strong content and top actress Anjali is playing the negative lead in the movie.
The makers are in plans for a huge audio launch on October 30th in Hyderabad and Powerstar Pawan Kalyan is expected to grace the event. Praveen Lakkaraju is composing the music for the movie and the movie has been shot exclusively in USA, Hyderabad and Bihar. Brahmanandam, Sapthagiri, Posani Krishna Murali and Prudhvi will be seen in other important roles in the movie.
MVV Satyanarayana is producing the movie along with Kona Venkat on MVV Cinemas banner. Shankarabharanam will complete all the formalities and will hit the screens on November 11th on the occasion of Diwali. Nikhil has been quite confident on the movie and he is in plans to continue his success league with Shankarabharanam. The pre release business of the movie has been outstanding and the makers have made out profits even before the release. A leading tv channel has offered a whopping price of Rs 4 crores for the satellite rights of the movie.