Mahesh Babu launches trailer of Naresh's 'Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu'

Babji’s Naresh,

Vahini

, Tanikella Bharani starrer ‘

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu

’s

trailer

was launched by ‘

Sarileru Neekevvaru

’ star Mahesh Babu today.

Sharing the trailer, he wrote, “Wishing @ItsActorNaresh garu and the entire team of #RaghupathiVenkaiahNaidu all the best for its

release

on 29th November!” (sic) announcing that the film will release on November 29. Naresh, who plays the

title role

too re-shared the trailer on his social media.

The 2-minute-6-seconds long trailer sees Tanikella Bharani play the role of Venkaiah Naidu’s father, who agrees to drop his son in Madras to allow him to pursue films. It also shows the rise of the film industry in the country and his love for cinema.


Apart from the lead trio, the film also stars Maharshi Raghava, Muni Chandra, Satyapriya, Bhavana, Akhil, Geddayya, Akhil, Sai Kanth, Devaraj, Chakrapaani and Taara Singh in key roles. The film will see music by Sri Venkat, with BGM by Raj and cinematography by Kishan Sagar.

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was known as the ‘

father of Telugu cinema

’. In fact, he loved cinema so much, he travelled across regions to even popularise the medium. He was the first to reportedly build and own his own cinema hall titled ‘Giety Talkies’ in Chennai. He had even produced a number of films. Further details are awaited.