Finally,
director
Prem
has
started
shooting
for
his
much-awaited
film
The
Villain.
In
a
surprise
move,
Power
Star
Puneeth
visited
the
sets
yesterday
to
wish
the
team.
Puneeth
spent
time
on
sets
for
some
time
and
interacted
with
Sudeep,
Srikanth
and
Prem.
This
is
how
it
all
started...
Initially,
Prem
wanted
to
make
a
film
titled
Kali,
that
was
of
a
different
genre
with
a
budget
more
than
100
Crores,
but
the
project
was
shelved
for
unknown
reasons.
After
that
Prem
announced
Kali
was
put
on
backburner
and
he
will
start
a
different
film,
The
Villain,
with
the
same
cast
and
crew.
Both
the
industry
insiders
and
fans
were
not
ready
to
believe
this.
The
team
had
a
photo
shoot
by
renowned
photographer
Mahen
Simha
to
capture
the
different
looks
of
Shivanna
and
Sudeep.
Prem
and
his
team
has
worked
almost
for
two
months
on
the
looks
of
the
heroes.
Again,
after
photo
shoot
was
completed
in
February,
Prem
took
almost
a
month
in
finalizing
the
logo
and
poster
designs.
As
per
the
team,
final
design
was
okayed
on
Saturday
morning
and
was
released
later
in
the
evening.
Once
the
posters
were
released
online,
fans
of
Shivanna
and
Sudeep
went
berserk
with
the
responses,
as
they
loved
the
looks
of
their
heroes.
Within
no
time,
The
Villain
first
look
was
the
trending
topic
on
Twitter
nationwide.
Kichcha
Sudeep
confirmed
commence
of
shoot
through
his
series
of
tweets.
He
posted
-
"Thanks
to
each
one
who
participated
at
th
1stlook
launch
event.
Very
sweet
n
very
loving.
N
its
awesome
to
see
many
n
many
wth
th
hairstyle."
"#TheVillain
shoot
starts
rolling
from
tmrw....Happy
to
have
collaborated
with
Prem
n
his
team....Excite
to
share
screen
with
#Shivanna.."
"Even
more
excited
to
see
#ArjunJanya
scoring
for
this
film.
Shall
post
an
update
whenever
possible.
Thank
u
all
fr
th
love
n
support.Mch
luv"
As
per
the
official
announcement,
Sudeep
and
Telugu
Actor
Srikanth
are
the
major
names
who
will
be
part
of
the
first
schedule
in
Bangalore,
which
is
planned
for
twenty
days.
The
team
will
move
to
London
for
the
second
schedule
where
Shivanna
will
join
the
team
and
this
schedule
is
planned
for
almost
a
month.
The
makers
have
planned
to
shoot
few
important
sequences
and
songs
in
this
schedule.