Allu Arjun wasn't the first choice for Gunasekhar's Rudhramadevi; read trivia

Allu Arjun, son of film producer Allu Aravind, is one of finest Indian actors, kwn primarily for his work in Telugu cinema. He me his acting debut with K. Raghavendra Rao’s Telugu drama, Gangotri (2003), and hasn’t looked back since. Allu Arjun's films like Race Gurram, Yevu, Asya 2, Julayi, Duvva Jagannham, Happy, and many more have proved actor’s versatility in industry. Allu Arjun has won five Filmfare Awards South and two Nandi Awards, throughout his career. But, fans will be surprised to kw that Allu Arjun’s Rudhramevi (2015) was first offered to Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR. Re furr ahe to kw all about Rudhramevi and how Allu Arjun got to play part.

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Rudhramevi’s initial choice of actors

Rudhramevi is a historical action biography drama, written and directed by Gunasekhar. movie starred Allu Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Vikramjeet Virk, and Prakash Raj as le characters. According to reports from IMDb, character of Gona Gana Reddy (played by Allu Arjun) was first offered to South star Mahesh Babu and n to South Indian movie industry’s critically acclaimed actor, Jr NTR. But, it is when both actors didn’t seem to be interested in playing part, is when character of Gona Gana Reddy was offered to Allu Arjun. actor played character with perfection and gained many praises for his performance in movie.

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movie was a huge success at box-office and became fifth-highest opening day grossing Indian movie of year. It reportedly grossed ₹32 crores worldwide in opening weekend. plot of movie revolves around life of Queen Rudrama Devi (Anushka Shetty) and her reign in Sourn India during 13th century.

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script of movie is based on life of Rani Rudramevi. Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas were considered to be cast for le character in movie but Anushka Shetty was signed because of her performance in Arundhati. movie is me on a total budget of ₹80 crores. Vikramjeet Virk, who has earlier been cast to play a negative character in Ashutosh Gowarikar's Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010) and in Puri Jagannh's 2014 movie Heart Attack, was selected to play a negative character in movie, keeping in mind his great performances.        

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