New Delhi: Actor Ram Charan and filmmaker Sukumar are set to collaborate on the pan-India film “RC17”.
The film will be produced by Mythri Movie Makers and reunites the RRR actor and Sukumar after their 2018 film Rangasthalam, which emerged as a critical and commercial blockbuster.
The pooja ceremony for RC17 will be held Sunday on the film’s set, according to a press release.
Production banner shared the announcement with a post on the official Instagram handle on Saturday, which featured the poster. “Megastar Ram Charan Master storyteller Sukumar #RX17,” read the text over it.
“And we begin,” said the caption.
“Rangasthalam” also starred Samantha Ruth Prabhu alongside Charan and revolved around a village controlled by a corrupt, autocratic president, Phanindra Bhupathi (Jagapathi Babu), who has ruled through intimidation, debt exploitation, and land seizures for 30 years.
After Charan’s brother, who tries to save the village gets brutally killed. the actor’s charactersets out to avenge the brutal murder of his elder brother, Kumar Babu, which forms the plot of the film.
“Rangasthalam” earned over Rs 210 crore at the global box office.
Charan recently featured in “Peddi”, where he essayed the laborer in 1980s rural Andhra Pradesh who overcomes a severe injury to become a track athlete.