Maverick maker Puri Jagannath, whose form has hit an all-time low with back to back disasters like Rogue, Jothi Lakshmi, and ISM, aimed to make a return to form with September Release, Nandamuri Balakrishna- Shriya Saran starrer crazy entertainer Paisa Vasool, which again sank without a trace.
However, the confident director is all set to begin his next, and this movie will be produced by himself in his Puri Jagannath touring talkies banner itself. This movie has been interestingly titled Mehbooba and began shooting in Himachal Pradesh, with the first shot clapped by actress Charmi.
Mehbooba stars Puri Jagannath's son Akash Puri, and Kannada beauty Neha Shetty who makes her Telugu debut, and this movie will be a romantic entertainer with loads of action, set in the 1970s, with an Indian boy falling for a Pakistani girl as it's core plot.
Puri Jagannadh movie usually has heroines as glam dolls. But this whole movie will have zero commercial values and there won't be any glam factors. Let's see if Puri Jagannath can make a real big comeback with this small budget entertainer without heroine's skin show or masala.