Hindi remake of Prabhas’s Chatrapathi launched, SS Rajamouli claps first shot; see pics

The launch ceremony of the Hindi remake of the Prabhas-starrer Chatrapathi took place on Friday in Hyderabad. The event was graced by SS Rajamouli, who went on to clap the first shot, symbolically indicating the commencement of the shoot.

To be directed by VV Vinayak, the film will mark the Bollywood debut of Bellamkonda Sreenivas, who will play the role originally essayed by Prabhas.

The remake will be bankrolled by Jayantilal Gada under the Pen Studios banner.

Talking about the project, Gada said in a statement, “Chatrapathi is a great script and we needed a southern star to carry it to Bollywood, and we saw Bellamkonda as a perfect fit. We are very excited about the project, and everything is falling in place at a great speed. We have updated the script to match Bollywood sensibilities.”

Chatrapathi is centred on a man named Shivaji who becomes the messiah of the people of a hamlet where he grows up after being separated from his mother and brother early in life.

Bellamkonda is thrilled about his Hindi film debut. He said, “This is the perfect project for my big Bollywood debut. It’s a great opportunity to collaborate with Mr Gada and Pen Studios and to be reunited with my first-ever director VV Vinayak sir. Although, taking on a role that Prabhas did is a huge responsibility, but I’m glad I did, as it’s a perfect script."

It was Vinayak who launched Sreenivas in Telugu filmdom a few years ago with Alludu Seenu (2014). Sreenivas was recently seen in the Telugu crime thriller Rakshasudu (2019), a remake of Tamil hit Ratsasan (2018).