A report stating that Hansika Motwani has been approached to play a prominent role in Allu Arjun's new film with Trivikram Srinivas has been doing rounds recently.

However, a spokesperson from the production team has rubbished all the reports.

Billed to be a romantic-family entertainer, the film, commonly referred to as #AA19 has commenced its principal shooting at Police Lines on Wednesday.

"Important scenes featuring Allu Arjun will be shot in the city during this schedule which will go on until the first week of May. The team will go ahead with the second schedule in the last week of May with the film’s leading lady, Pooja Hegde, joining the sets along with the other cast,” the source adds.

Actor Sathyaraj is also part of the film’s cast, which includes several actors including Rajendra Prasad, Sathyaraj and Tabu, who has been signed on to play Allu Arjun’s mother in the film. Produced by Allu Arvind and S Radha Krishna, #AA19 has music by SS Thaman.