Sathya Jyothi Films, who have previously produced Dhanush’s Pattas, have now revealed that the film is to release in Telugu as Local Boy. Titled Local Boy, the first look of the film was also revealed by the makers. In the first look, there are pictures of the lead actors Dhanush and Mehreen Pirzada. This comes at a time when the first look of Venkatesh Daggubati in the remake of Dhanush’s Asuran released as well, the news has excited Dhanush’s fans.
Meanwhile, director Sreekanth Addala will be directing Venkatesh again in this Telugu remake. The film’s shooting started on Tuesday and Venkatesh took to his social media handle to share his look in the movie. Titled as Narappa, reports state that the first schedule will go on for 30 days and the second schedule will begin in Hyderabad later.
Pattas was recently released during the Pongal festival. In the film, Dhanush is playing dual roles and had Sneha and Mehreen Pirzada as female leads. Bankrolled by Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan under Sathya Jyothi Films banner the film had Jagapathi Babu and Munishkanth in key roles and Tollywood actor Naveen Chandra played the role of the antagonist. Dhanush is currently busy with the shooting of Karna in Tirunelveli. Directed by Pariyerum Perumal fame Mari Selvaraj, and produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu. His movie with Karthik Subbaraj, D40 wrapped up recently.