Happy Birthday Chiranjeevi: 20 awe-inspiring frames from Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy involving the megastar and Vijay Sethupathy that hint at a grand visual spectacle
Set around 30 years prior to India's first war of independence of 1857, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is the story of a freedom fighter, Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, who revolted against the British.
Sye Raa is based on the life of freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy from Rayalaseema
Chiranjeevi will be seen as Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, while many pan-Indian stars play supporting roles
Vijay Sethupathi as Raja Pandi
Nayanthara as Siddhama
Tamannaah as Lakshmi
Amitabh Bachchan as Guru Gosayi Venkanna
Sudeep as Avuku Raju
Jagapathi Babu as Veera Reddy
Anushka Shetty as Rani Lakshmibai (cameo appearance)
Filming for the movie began on December 6, 2017
Ram Charan is producing the film under the Konidela Productions banner
AR Rahman was initially signed to do the music, but later opted out because of scheduling issues
Amit Trivedi later replaced ARR as the music composer for the film. The lyrics were wriiten by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Ravi Varman was initially signed to do cinematography, but later opted out because of scheduling issues. Later, R. Rathnavelu replaced Ravi Varman to do the cinematography.
Rajeevan handled the production design for the film
Anju Modi, Uttara Menon, Sushmitha Konidela worked as the costume designers.
A crucial, extended war sequence was filmed for the film, which cost the makers 45 crores.
London-based stunt choreographers Greg Powell, Lee Whittaker and Ram-Laxman choreographed the action sequences.
The filming was wrapped up on 24 June 2019.
The total budget of the film is 400 crores.
The film will be dubbed and released in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.
The film is scheduled to be released theatrically worldwide on 2nd October 2019
