Krish to direct Telugu flick before 'Gabbar'

Director Krish, who
was set to team up with Akshay
Kumar for upcoming Bollywood film
"Gabbar", will direct an untitled
Telugu film before he starts working
for the Hindi project, says a source from the industry.

"Gabbar" will be the Hindi remake of
Tamil blockbuster "Ramana", directed
by A.R. Murugadoss. Akshay Kumar is
currently busy shooting for Hindi
remake of Tamil film "Thuppakki".

"He is directing Varun Tej in his debut
film, which is expected to go on floors
in August. It will be a quick project as
he plans to wrap it up in two months
so that he can be prepared for
"Gabbar", which is expected to go on floors towards the end of this year or
early 2014," the source told IANS.

Varun Tej is the son of Telugu actor
Naga Babu, who is the younger
brother of megastar Chiranjeevi. "The script Krish has for Varun will be
an out-and-out action entertainer. He
is going out of his way to give the
perfect launch pad for the actor," the
source added.

Krish, who is known for directing
films such as "Vedam" and "Krishnam
Vande Jagatgurum", is also expected
to team up with Mahesh Babu soon.

"Mahesh's project will go on floors
next year after he completes his film
with Srinu Vaitla. The film has not
been shelved but it has only been
delayed," said the source.

Mahesh Babu, who is busy wrapping
up Telugu action-thriller "1:
Nenokkadine", will team up with
Srinu Vaitla for "Aagadu" soon. Mahesh's project with Krish is titled
"Shivam", and features Sonakshi
Sinha in the lead.