Writer-director Puri Jagannadh’s offbeat films are always significant for few reasons and he has made a name for himself with some influential and super-hit films.
Telugu Film Industry remembers him for the love stories he delivered and this time, the maverick director is coming up with a love story that is set on the backdrop of 1971 India-Pakistan war. Announcing the title of the film as ‘Mehbooba’ on Twitter, Puri said – “I realized that I am doing a highly intense and a passionate love story for the first time ever which is completely out of my repertoire of ideas.’
The Paisa Vasool director also declared that his son Akash Puri will play the lead role while a Mangalore girl Neha Shetty will be the leading lady. ‘Ninne Pelladtha’ fame Sandeep Chowta has come on board to score music for the film.
In the past, we have seen films like Kanche from Krish which was set on the backdrop of world war-II. Although Puri’s last release ‘Paisa Vasool’ bombed at box-office, he’s on high hopes pinned on ‘Mehbooba’.