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Mahesh babu in bollywood

Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s production house GMB Entertainment (G Mahesh Babu Entertainment) will produce a film based on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. The film titled ‘Major’ will be co-produced by Sony Pictures which is making debut in Telugu productions and helmed by director Sashi Kiran Tikka.

‘Major’ will star Adivi Sesh, who has also written the script for the movie. The film will be shot in Telugu and Hindi. The film will go on floors in the summer of 2019 and hit theatres in 2020.

Actor and producer Mahesh Babu took to Twitter to make it official. With the first poster of the film, he wrote, “Honoured to bring you the story of our National hero – Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan…
Sending my best wishes to @AdiviSesh, director @sashikirantikka, team @GMBents, @AplusSMovies… & Congratulations @SonyPicsIndia on your debut Telugu production”

Namrata Shirodkar, wife of Mahesh Babu and MD of G Mahesh Babu Entertainment, gave her statement, “Mahesh and I have envisioned GMB to bring stories that resonate globally. We are excited to be able to tell such a unique and original story about a national hero’s life. The honesty of Sesh and Sashi’s vision for Major’s story echoed with us and in Sony Pictures we found the right partners to bring the incredible story on the big screen not only for a pan-Indian audience but an international one.”

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was the brave NSG commando, who rescued 14 hostages during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. He took bullets while saving an injured commander.

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