Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s film with Shiva Nirvana launched

After films like Ninnu Kori, Majili and

Tuck Jagadish

, director

Shiva Nirvana

has teamed up with actors Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu for his next.

The film’s launch took place in Hyderabad on Thursday and while Samantha is vacationing in Dubai, Vijay attended the launch looking dapper in a white sherwani. Sharing that it’s a special day for him, Siva Nirvana wrote, “A special day for me excited and looking forward to working with my dear rowdy @TheDeverakonda ace actress @Samanthaprabhu2 under the production of prestigious @MythriOfficial. Cant wait to start the shoot.. a lovely famaliy entertainer on the way. (sic)”

Director Harish Shankar delivered the first clap at the event while Buchi Babu Sana turned on the camera and the first shot was directed by Shiva. Jayaram,

Sachin Khedakar

, Murali Sharma, Lakshmi, Ali, Rohini, Vennela Kishore, Rahul Ramakrishna, Srikanth Iyengar and Saranya have been roped in for key roles. The first schedule of the film will kick-start soon in Kashmir and the film’s team will later head to Alleppey, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.

This is Vijay and Samantha’s second film together after Mahanati and Samantha’s second film with Shiva after Majili. Shooting for the film is expected to be wrapped up by the end of the year with the team aiming for a 2023 release. Music composer Heshab Abdul Wahab has been roped in to compose the tunes and Murali G has been roped in as the cinematographer