Chennai, April 26 || Shooting for director Karthik Dandu's mythological thriller film, featuring actor Naga Chaitanya in the lead, has now begun, its makers announced on Saturday.
Taking to its X timeline, Sri Venkateshwara Cine Chitra (SVCC), the production house producing the big budget entertainer, wrote, "After years of crafting, months of planning, and endless hours of rehearsing, #NC24 The Excavation Begins. Brace yourselves for the grand spectacle of a never-before-seen mythical thriller."
It also posted a video link to show the amount of pre-production work the unit had put in before starting the film's shooting.
Actor Naga Chaitanya, for his part, wrote, "Buried Secrets. Beyond Time. The Raging Mythical Thriller Begins #NC24. Shoot begins."
It may be recalled that the actor, who is now riding high on the success of his last film 'Thandel', had disclosed details of this project some days ago during an interview to a YouTube channel.
Naga Chaitanya had then said that he was to start work on April 14 and that the upcoming film with director Karthik, who is best known for having directed the horror thriller 'Virupaksha', would be a mythological thriller.