Ravi Teja turns producer for Karthik Rathnam’s crime comedy Changure Bangaru Raja

Actor Ravi Teja, whose action entertainer Ramarao on Duty hit theatres, is taking conscious steps to produce films regularly under his banner RT Teamworks. After co-producing his own films Khiladi, Krack recently, he is also bankrolling actor Vishnu Vishal’s bilingual, a sports comedy. He has now given a nod for another project starring C/O Kancharapalem actor Karthik Rathnam.

Karthik Rathnam’s next with RT Teamworks, the fourth film in the banner is titled Changure Bangaru Raja. Satish Varma is directing the film touted to be a crime comedy. This is a shot in the arm for the actor, who earned fame with films like Narappa, Check and Ardha Shatabdham. Kushita Kallapu plays the female lead in the same. Satya Akkala and Ravi Babu are part of the cast as well.

Changure Bangaru Raja’s principal shoot featuring the lead cast will commence in September. The film was formally launched today with a pooja ceremony. For the uninitiated, the title is a throwback to the popular song from NTR’s mythological film Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam. Karthik Rathnam comes up with two contrasting expressions in the poster.

Ravi Teja clapped for the muhurtham shot, while Vishnu Vishal switched on the camera. BVS Ravi and director Sudheer Babu handed over the script to the team. Ravi Babu had directed the first shot. Swetha Kakarlapudi and Shalini Nambu are the creative producers of the film to be produced in collaboration with FrameByFrame Pictures. Krishna Saurabh is the music director.

Sundar NC cranks the camera while Krishna Karthik is the editor. Janardhan Pasumarthi has come up the screenplay. Srinivas Narni is the art director. Karthik Kanteshwar handles stunt choreography. Sridhar Varma and RK Nambu are the creative producers.