So, when a fanatic fan gets directorial opportunities with his favorite star, understandably, the fun is bound to soar. This was exemplified in the case of Veera Simha Reddy where director Gopichand Malineni put forth his fandom for Nandamuri Balakrishna alongside his high-voltage action storytelling. The film had a good dose of an emotional sister sentiment, which appealed to the audiences and thus constituted a blockbuster. As a mass-action entertainer’s master’s actress, with the commercial cinema acumen of director Malineni, the project had a big box-office success.
The duo is ready again for another high-octane project. Balakrishna confirmed the project recently and is busy with Akhanda 2, which is scheduled for a high-octane Dussehra release this year. After Akhanda 2, Balayya’s next movie will apparently be directed by Gopichand Malineni, according to reports. Having been engaged with a Bollywood project for now, the director will turn all his focus on Balakrishna post the commitments he will complete.
This time around, reports indicate that Gopichand Malineni intends to take things up a notch. While Veera Simha Reddy was a typical mass entertainer, source suggests that his next film with Balakrishna is being crafted as a large-scale pan-India action mythos. The director has already penned a core storyline and is in the process of developing the entire script. With pan-India flavor in mind, the project will have grand production values, larger-than-life fight scenes, and a nail-biting script that caters to audiences across different languages.
With Akhanda 2 already in steady preparation for a nationwide release, if Malineni’s film manages to follow the same formula, Balakrishna will engage even further with the pan-India audience. Fans await an official any day now, and indeed expectations run high for this one.
