Taraka
Rathna,
son
of
Mohanakrishna,
celebrated
his
birthday
on
February
22.
Mohanakrishna,
who
worked
as
cinematographer
for
several
films
under
the
banner
of
Ramakrishna
Cine
Studios,
is
now
producing
Venkatadri
with
Taraka
Rathna
as
hero
under
the
direction
of
Samudra.
Presenter
of
the
film
T.
Prasanna
Kumar
says,
"So
far,
50%
of
the
shooting
is
complete.
The
next
schedule
is
slated
to
begin
in
March.
We
are
making
efforts
to
release
the
film
in
May.
The
film
will
prove
a
trendsetter
and
will
be
the
biggest
hit
yet
for
Taraka
Rathna."
Selva,
who
choreographed
the
action
scenes
for
Yamadonga,
Pourudu
and
other
such
films,
says,
"There
are
a
total
of
eight
fights
and
all
of
them
were
shot
with
big
budgets.
Taraka
Rathna
has
done
the
fights
personally
though
they
were
risky.
The
film
will
enhance
his
image."
Mandeep
Takkar,
Sivakrishna,
Sarat,
Kadambari
Kiran,
Jayalalitha,
Ramaraju,
Venumadhav,
Dharmavarapu
Subrahmanyam,
Vayyapuri,
Sukumar,
Ghatikachalam,
Sudhakar
Naidu,
Perarasu,
Veerashankar
Yadav
and
others
are
in
the
cast.
Music
is
by
Srikanth
Deva
and
story
is
by
Ghatikachalam.