After the disastrous beginning to his career, with the VV Vinayak directorial Akhil costarring Sayyeshaa, the younger Akkineni hero Akhil Akkineni, had been on a brief hiatus for almost 2 years, before making his silver screen return with the 2017 Christmas release Hello.
However, the Vikram Kumar Directorial, that was Akhil's second flick and the debut of Kalyani Priyadarshan, daughter of Director Priyadarshan and actress Lissy, which also starred Jagapathi Babu and Ramya Krishnan, failed miserably despite positive reviews as opposed to the negative reviews faced by MCA which released alongside and turned successful.
While it had been speculated that Akhil was delaying to sign his next flick, and had various options before him like Koratala Siva, Trivikram Srinivas, and many others, it has now been revealed that Akhil has finally signed a film to be directed by Venky Atluri who had made a promising debut with the romantic Superhit Tholi Prema last month with Varun Tej and Raashi Khanna. This movie starring Akhil will be bankrolled by BVSN Prasad. A debut face who is an NRI model will pair with him for the first time. The team has kept the news under the radar so far and she's one of the prominent models who worked in Pepsi and Yardley commercials.