Anjala Jhaveri may have fizzled out in Bollywood, but she’s turning out to be Telugu cinema’s lucky mascot. It began when her debut film, Preminchu Kundam Raa… (also starring Ventakesh), became the biggest grosser of 1997. Then Chiranjeevi did Choodalani Vundi with her, which turned out to be last year’s biggest hit. When it was followed by Samarasimha Reddy with Balakrishna, this year’s biggest hit yet, the entire industry swore that Anjala guaranteed a film’s success.
Which could be why Nagarjuna, who is desperate for a hit, is doing a Viyanathi Movies film with Anjala under the direction of the highly successful Jayanth Paranji (Preminchu Kundam Raa, Bavagaru Bagunnara and Premantey Idhera).
This musical thriller with 10 songs has Nagarjuna playing a pop singer who performs abroad. Bipasha Basu is the other attraction.
Nagarjuna, who has not had a single release this year or a single hit in the last, is banking on this film. Even his successful team with Krishna Vamshi (Ninney Pelladata) failed with Nagarjuna home production, Chandra Lekha.