Venkatesh is busy shooting for
Shadow, an action film directed by Mehar Ramesh (
Kantri and
Billa fame) and produced by Parachuri Kireeti. Gopi Mohan and Kona Venkat have scripted the film.
Taapsee Pannu, Srikkanth, Madhurima, Dharmavarapu Subrahamanyam, M S Narayana, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Uttej, Srinivas Reddy, Aditya Pancholi, Rahul Dev, Mukesh Rishi, Rao Ramesh are some others
in the cast.
Venkatesh not just sports a new look but also plays the role of a don in the film.
The shooting of this action-entertainer has been going on for the last few months in Malaysia, Switzerland, Milan, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
S S Thaman, who composed music for the Venkatesh-Trisha starrer
Bodyguard, is also scoring the music for
Shadow. Prasad Murella is the cinematographer.
Shadow is likely to release during Sankranti next year.