Producers J. Bhagawan and J. Pullarao signed choreographer turned director Raghava Lawrence to direct their next project. The film will star Prabhas and Anushka in the lead. The duo first acted together in director Meher Ramesh's Billa which was a moderate success. The muhurat of the film will be held in August and the regular shooting would commence in September. It will be made under the banner of Sri Balaji Cine Media. Other cast and crew is under finalization. Lawrence had earlier directed Telugu films like Style, Mass, Don.