Akkineni Nagarjuna who is waiting for the release of upcoming investigative thriller drama Wild Dog, recently interacted with media and talked about Bangarraju. Manmadhudu star Nagarjuna revealed that Bangarraju will be going on floors either in the month of June or July. And it may be released during the Sankranthi season in 2022. If Nagarjuna starrer Bangarraju will arrive at the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2022, it will compete with Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu starrer Sarkaru Vaari Paata, helmed by Parasuram and Pawan Kalyan starrer Harihara Veeramallu, which are also releasing on this festive occasion.
Bangarraju is a sequel to Soggade Chinni Nayana, which was helmed by Kalyan Krishna. In this film Nagarjuna played the dual role and the film had Ramya Krishna and Lavanya Tripathi in the female lead roles.
While King Nagarjuna will reprise the titular role from the prequel Soggade Chinni Nayana, Ramya Krishnan will be seen as Bangarraju’s wife Satyabhama. Interestingly, the movie also stars Naga Chaitanya Akkineni in one of the lead role.
Nagarjuna will be seen playing an NIA officer in Wild Dog, which is jointly produced by Niranjan Reddy and Anvesh Reddy, Ahishor Solomon is directing the movie and it has Dia Mirza as the leading lady.