MAHESH BABU’S NENOKKADINE MOVIE LATEST PHOTOS

(Nenokkadine) is an upcoming Telugu film, written and directed by Sukumar. The film is produced by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara under their 14 Reels Entertainment banner, and will star Mahesh Babu and Kriti Sanon in lead roles. The soundtrack will be composed by Devi Sri Prasad, who will be working with Sukumar for the fifth time in his career.[4] The film will have cinematography handled by Rathnavelu who had earlier worked with Sukumar for Arya and Jagadam. The film was officially launched on February 12, 2012 at 14 Reels Entertainment office in Hyderabad and filming began on April 23, 2012.

Development :
Reports of Sukumar directing Mahesh Babu were afloat since 2009 but the project was delayed due to later’s other commitments. In May 2010, it was reported that Mahesh signed two films with 14 Reels Entertainment, one with Srinu Vytla and the other with Sukumar. Due to the delay during filming of Dookudu and the producers being same for both projects,[10] it was evident that the project with Sukumar would not take off until Dookudu was released. This led Sukumar to begin working on 100% Love which was released in May 2011. 14 Reels Entertainment’s Dookudu with Mahesh was released in September 2011. In July 2011, it was reported that Sukumar began working on the film with Mahesh and this would be his next project. On November 12, 2011 Sukumar attended the 50 days public function of Dookudu and along with Mahesh, Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara, he officially announced the project and revealed that the project would start in early 2012.[citation needed] On February 12, 2012 the film`s muhurtham  and pooja ceremony were held in Hyderabad. It was announced that Devi Sri Prasad would score the soundtrack. Rathnavelu will handle the camera.The film’s title was officially announced as 1 on May 31, 2013 to coincide with actor Krishna’s birthday. On the same day, first look posters and teaser of the film were released.

Casting :
In November 2011, it was reported that Tamannaah was under consideration for the role opposite Mahesh Babu. In January 2012, it was also reported that Tamannaah signed the film  But in February 2012, it was reported that Tamannaah walked out of the project due to unknown reasons.[citation needed] On February 27, 2012 The Times of India website reported that Bangalore based model Akshara Gowda was cast for the role, but this was later revealed to be untrue. it was reported that the producers were in talks with Angela Johnson for the role. Finally after much speculation, producers announced that Kajal Aggarwal was cast for the role. It was also reported that, Tamannaah had to walk out of the project because the producer’s council asked her not to sign any film until all her existing film commitments were completed. It was also reported that Mahesh would be playing the role of a college lecturer in the film.However, these reports were dismissed by both Mahesh Babu and Sukumar. In September 2012, several reports emerged claiming that the makers were looking for a replacement for the female lead after encountering date issues with Kajal Agarwal.On October 5, 2012 it was officially announced that Kriti Sanon would replace Kajal as the female lead in the film. It was reported that Kajal’s departure was due to schedule issues as a result of the film getting delayed for several months.In February 2013, test shoot was done on Mahesh Babu’s son Gautam and reports emerged that he would make his debut in the film, but no official announcement.

Filming :
In February 2012, it was reported that Sukumar along with cinematographer Rathnavelu were in Bangkok scouting locations and that the major part of filming would take place in Bangkok.It was later announced that the regular filming would take place from April 23, 2012.On April 23, 2012 regular filming began in Hyderabad with Mahesh and Kajal taking part in it. The first schedule started with a song been shot on the lead pair. A special set worth INR1.5 Crores  was built at Annapurna Studios for this purpose. The second schedule of filming began on May 31, 2012 at Hyderabad and went on till June 5, 2012.Cinematographer R. Rathnavelu in an interview stated that the filming would take place for 20 days in Goa and another schedule of 40 days in Hungary and Germany, where couple of songs would be filmed.After a four month hiatus, filming resumed on October 14, 2012 in Goa and it continued till November 1, 2012. In March 2013, filming took place in Hyderabad under the supervision of stunt coordinator Conrad Palmisano.The foreign schedule to shoot the major action part of the film will begin in June 2013. Gautham Krishna, the son of Hero Mahesh, is playing the younger Mahesh character in the film.

Distribution :
The distribution house, RNR films which had distributed Dookudu in Karnataka earlier has bagged the Karnataka rights again for this film for a whopping amount of INR4.5 Crores.