SS Rajamouli Drops Cinematographer Senthil Kumar From SSMB29, Latter Says ‘People Want…’

Last Updated:July 15, 2025, 20:29 IST

SSMB29 will star Mahesh Babu and Priyanka Chopra in the lead. Director SS Rajamouli has been keeping the details of SSMB29 under wraps.

SS Rajamouli has dropped cinematographer Senthil Kumar from his next movie, SSMB19. Though the two worked together on several of Rajamouli’s blockbusters, including RRR and Baahubali, they will not be working together for SSMB29. Recently, Kumar confirmed the same and revealed that Rajamouli decided to move ahead with someone else.

“It was Rajamouli’s call. He wanted to try someone else. People want to do different films with different people, right? So it is a good break,” Senthil Kumar told Telugu360.

The cinematographer also clarified that the decision has not impacted his equation with Rajamouli. “We’ve been working together since 2003, but we didn’t always do films back-to-back. There were breaks earlier too. I couldn’t do ‘Maryada Ramanna’ or ‘Vikramarkudu’ because I was working on other projects. Gaps have happened before also, but the relationship continues,” he added.

SSMB29 will star Mahesh Babu and Priyanka Chopra in the lead. Director SS Rajamouli has been keeping the details of SSMB29 under wraps. However, for now, it is known that the film is expected to be an action-adventure drama in the vein of Indiana Jones, a genre Rajamouli’s father and veteran writer Vijayendra Prasad has also confirmed in several interviews.

Besides this, it was recently reported that SS Rajamouli has cancelled the Kenya shoot schedule of the movie because of the ongoing political clashes in South Africa.

Meanwhile, during a special screening of RRR in Japan earlier, Rajamouli had given a small but sweet update on the project. “His name is Mahesh Babu, he is a Telugu actor (people hoot). Looks like many of you already know him. He is very handsome. Hopefully, we finish the film a little bit fast and during the release, I will bring him here, and I’ll introduce him to you. I’m sure you will love him as well,” he had said.

Chirag Sehgal

Chirag Sehgal works as a Sub-Editor in the Entertainment team at News18.com. With an experience of five years in the media industry, he largely focuses on Indian television coverage. Apart from bringing breakin…Read More

Chirag Sehgal works as a Sub-Editor in the Entertainment team at News18.com. With an experience of five years in the media industry, he largely focuses on Indian television coverage. Apart from bringing breakin… Read More

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