NTR's Checkmate To Allu Arjun's Plan?Prashanth Neel threw in surprise on Jr NTR’s birthday. The celebration was doubled after the filmmaker revealed the theme of NTR31 where he tweeted “The only soil that is worth remembering is the one soaked in blood!!”

From then social media was agog with NTR31 finding itself on trends list. Now an interesting buzz is doing the rounds as to how Tarak and Prashanth Neel’s project took off i.e. the collaboration. It is rumoured that Prashanth Neel happened to meet Allu Arjun at actor’s Hyderabad office.

Young Tiger who got wind of this development soon called in Prashanth Neel and okayed the project which he had kept in hold. Looks like Tarak didn’t want to miss out on Neel’s project and grabbed the offer from Allu Arjun. Incidentally, Bunny had always done class movies and with Pushpa he entered the mass zone. Had he teamed up with Neel post Pushpa, Bunny would have upped his game. However, Tarak has put a checkmate on Bunny’s plan by laying his hands first.

The deal was immediately signed by Mythri Movie Makers who have reportedly offered him Rs 10 crore remuneration which is the highest for the Kannada filmmaker. The filmmaker has now been paid Rs 2 crore as an advance.

Prashanth Neel is known to showcase his heroes in massy avatar. Whether it was Yash Pandit in KGF who showed the actor is a different way. Now, Prabhas who is shooting for Salaar also sports different getup and the leaked stills have made flutters. All his movies are said to be action flicks and NTR is known for performing daredevil scenes. We can expect some fireworks on the silver screen.

NTR31 will go on floors next year, the second of 2022 once Tarak wraps up Koratala Siva’s project. The film is scheduled for release in 2023.