Kannappa

Kannappa Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Telugu
Genre	Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Release date	January 17, 2025
Running time	TBA
Certificate	TBA
Starring	Vishnu Manchu Preity Mukhundhan Mohanlal (cameo appearance) Prabhas (cameo appearance)
Directed by	Mukesh Kumar Singh
Written by	Screenplay: Vishnu Manchu Story: Paruchuri Gopala Krishna G. Nageswara Reddy Eshwar Reddy Thota Prasad
Produced by	Mohan Babu
Cinematography by	Sheldon Chau
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Stephen Devassy Mani Sharma
Production Companies	AVA Entertainment 24 Frames Factory

Kannappa Movie Cast & Characters:

• Vishnu Manchu as Kannappa, Devotee of Lord Shiva
• Preity Mukhundhan
• R. Sarathkumar
• Brahmanandam
• Mohan Babu
• Madhoo
• Vani Bhojan
• Devaraj
• Aishwarya
• Mukesh Rishi
• Siva Balaji
• Rahul Madhav
• Kaushal Manda
• Raghu Babu
• Arpit Ranka
• Saptagiri
• Surekha Vani
• Akshay Kumar as Lord Shiva
• Mohanlal as Nandi, Devotee of Lord Shiva
• Prabhas as Ravana, Devotee of Lord Shiva
• Kajal Aggarwal as Parvati and Sati, Lord Siva’s wives
• Kriti Sanon as Lakshmi, wife of Lord Vishnu

Storyline:

An atheist hunter Kannappa becomes a devotee of Lord Shiva and plucked out his eyes in an act of devotion.

Kannappa Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	₹100 crore
Opening Day	TBA
Domestic Collection	TBA
International Collection	TBA
Worldwide Collection	TBA

About Kannappa Movie:

Kannappa is an upcoming Telugu fantasy film directed by Mukesh Kumar Singh. It is based on the legend of Kannappa, a devotee of Hindu god Shiva. The film was produced by Mohan Babu through his companies AVA Entertainment and 24 Frames Factory. The film stars Vishnu Manchu in the title role, who also wrote the screenplay based on a story developed by Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Eshwar Reddy, G. Nageswara Reddy, and Thota Prasad.

Kannappa was officially launched with a pooja ceremony on 18 August 2023 at Srikalahasteeswara temple in Srikalahasti. Mukesh Kumar Singh was attached as the director, who had earlier directed several mythological television series.

Vishnu Manchu went for location scouting in New Zealand in April 2019. Initially, the crew scouted in Ireland, Scotland, Minnesota, Australia, Switzerland, and Canada in a search for a 2nd-century worldbuilding with unpolluted sky and scenic forests.

Principal photography began on 25 September 2023 in New Zealand.

Filming was temporarily halted in late October after Manchu sustained an injury while performing a fight sequence, where the blades of a drone made contact with his arm.

In New Zealand, the film was shot in various locations across Auckland, Rotorua, Glenorchy, Wanaka, Pukaki, and Christchurch. Reportedly, about 80 percent of the film will be shot in New Zealand.

The first schedule of filming for the movie was officially completed on December 23, 2023, in New Zealand, as announced by Dr. M. Mohan Babu, the film’s producer, and the entire movie team.

The film is aiming for a theatrical release worldwide in the third quarter of 2024, which would be dubbed in multiple Indian languages.