Upendra, who recently wrapped up the talkie portions of Buddhivanta 2, will resume shooting for Kabza, which is entering its second schedule. 

The high-budget period action drama is based on underworld mafia. Director R Chandru plans to shoot this schedule over 35 days in Bengaluru and Sandur. More action block sequences will be shot during the schedule, for which the makers have constructed 18 sets in Minerva Mill and a couple of other places. 

Joining Upendra in this schedule will be a host of actors from Bollywood and Tollywood. Among them will be producer-actor Naveen, who is also Bhavana’s husband. He will be playing one of the antagonists in the film and will undergo an image makeover.

Also joining the crew will be Kabir Duhan Singh, Kota Srinivas Rao, Jaya Prakash, Kaat Raju and Subbaraju. 

The film’s first schedule was shot for 40 days featuring Avinash, who played Andrew in KGF and the villain in Vikram’s I, and M Kamaraj. The makers are in the process of finalising the heroine.

Kabza backed by MTB Nagaraju is made under the banner Siddheshwara Enterprises. The film will have a pan-Indian release and will be dubbed into Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali. It will have music by Ravi Basrur and cinematography by Arjun Shetty.