Prajwal Devaraj’s next film Mafia gets a new director

Prajwal Devaraj’s new film

Mafia

, which stars Aditi Prabhudeva in the lead role, now has a new director. Initially slated to be directed by Gurudatha Ganiga, the film will now be helmed by

Lohith H

of

Mummy

and Devaki fame.

Lohith is thrilled. “The subject is unlike what I’ve dealt with earlier. I’ve mainly dealt with horror and thriller stories. This film is going to be completely commercial. In a way, it is my first film with a star actor. I’ve reworked the story in such a way that we have kept the commercial elements, but have also added elements from content-based cinema that I do. This way, it will be a little different, but we will still match fans’ expectations.”
Lohith shares that while Prajwal and Aditi will be the lead actors, the rest of the casting is not complete. “We will have them in place soon. We plan to go on the floors from November 1. We begin shooting in Bengaluru and have schedules in Mysuru and Ramoji Film City also planned,” he adds.

The film, being backed by

Bangalore Kumar

, will have Anoop Seelin composing music, while ad filmmaker Jebin is helming the cinematography.

Maasthi

, of Tagaru fame, is writing the dialogues. “The technical team will have people who I have worked with previously too, like editor Ravichandran,” adds Lohith.