Mega 157: Chiranjeevi's Socio-Fantasy Flick By Bimbisara Director Vasishta Struggles For Female Lead, Deets In

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Megastar Chiranjeevi is now focusing on his upcoming films after his recent film Bhola Shankar misfired. The veteran believed in a remake subject once again and tasted failure.

Director Meher Ramesh helmed Bhola Shankar, which is a remake of Vedalam. The movie was released to lukewarm buzz and earned negative reviews.

While his peers like Rajinikanth, Balakrishna, and Kamal Haasan are scoring blockbuster hits with original scripts with content, Chiranjeevi stuck to making remake films. He delivered two back-to-back flops in the form of GodFather and Bhola Shankar.

Chiranjeevi's Mega 154 With Mallidi Vashishta

The actor signed a crazy socio-fantasy film under the direction of Bimbisara fame, Mallidi Vasishta. He rose to overnight fame with his directorial debut, Bimbisara, his career's best film to date for Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. The movie was released to a widespread positive response from the cinephiles and critics alike.

For Mega 157, Mallidi Vasishta allegedly broke the contract with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's NTR Arts banner, in which he is supposed to make the sequel to Bimbisara. The story was locked too. But after getting the opportunity to work with Chiranjeevi, Vasishta wanted to make use of it, and therefore, resorted to dissolve the contract by agreeing to the terms and conditions.

Makers of Mega 157 Struggle For Female Lead

The makers of the film are on the lookout for the female lead. They are reportedly eyeing Anushka Shetty, as she was never paired opposite Chiranjeevi. Tamannaah acted with the veteran twice just like Nayanthara. Only Anushka didn't romance the actor as a female lead. However, it is noteworthy that Anushka appeared in a special song in Stalin.

Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi also signed another project referred to as Mega 156, which is said to be another remake of Bro Daddy. However, the actor wanted to put it on hold and go ahead with Mega 157 first.