Rupesh Kumar Choudhary plays a powerful cop in his debut flick ‘22’

Director B Shiva Kumar

began shooting for his debut film 22 at a grand opening ceremony held in Hyderabad recently. This is going to be another murder mystery in the Telugu cinema.

The pooja ceremony was attended by none other than

Victory Venkatesh

as chief guest. He even sounded the clapboard for the first shot at the launch event. Debutant Rupesh Kumar Choudhary and

Saloni Mishra

of Falaknuma Das fame are playing the lead pair in 22. The cast and crew will begin shooting by the end of this month in Hyderabad.

Rupesh Kumar Choudhary will be seen playing a powerful police officer in the film. He said he took inspiration from Jr NTR in Temper and Pawan Kalyan in Gabbar Singh. He also added that it's an out-and-out action film, and there will be a very different kind of action derived from a form of martial arts and Kung Fu. Vikramjeet Virk of Heart Attack fame has been roped in to play the antagonist the film.

Bankrolled by Maa Aai Productions, 22 also features Jaya Prakash, Rajeswari Nair, Pooja Ramachandran, Ravi Varma and among others. Fight Master Jashuva, who earlier choreographed stunts for Khaidi No 150, Baahubali and Saaho, is composing some amazing stunt sequences for the film.