Maverick Filmmaker SS Rajamouli is gearing up for superstar Mahesh Babu's film tentatively titled SSMB 29. Mahesh Babu is currently busy bringing out best version of himself. The pre production work has been going on for almost 9 months. The makers had plans to start the shoot by May end. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the film shoot pushed to September.

SS Rajamouli completed script work and pre production work and also finalizing the locations and actors. Mahesh Babu began his workshop for the various sequences of the film. The story will be locked this week and the look test will start soon.

In an interesting update, veteran actor Nassar joined the team as a Tutor to train Mahesh Babu in his speaking dialect in the film. Nassar earlier trained Prabhas for Baahubali franchise and he also worked with NTR, Ram Charan in RRR. He is currently working with Rajamouli and team as a Tutor.

The shooting formalities will kick-start by the end of this year and this untitled film will be shot in various countries of the globe. The team will announce the details of the cast, crew members soon. A special concept video will be released on August 9th marking Mahesh Babu’s birthday.

Produced by KL Narayana, the film has Keeravani scoring the music and PS Vinod as the cinematographer. The film is a jungle adventure and it happens in the forests of Africa. SS Rajamouli will direct Mahesh Babu in a globe-trotting forest action-adventure, with the star playing an adventurer.

American-Indonesian actress Chelsea Islan is reportedly playing the female lead. The film might release in May 2026.