Promising young hero Nikhil Sidhhartha, who took a while to break from his college guy - carefree happy go lucky youngster mode flicks since Happy Days times, with his second innings that started post Swamy Ra ra, went on to establish himself as a bankable star with his critical choices.
He scored successful flicks continuously in the form of Karthikeya, Surya Vs Surya, and then had a brief lull, before again striking form with Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada and Keshava, His last release, the campus fun entertainer Kirrak Party, did average business.
Post Kirrak Party, the actor had signed the telugu remake of 2016 tamil sleeper hit Kanithan, and this telugu remake, directed by TN Santhosh who had directed the original, has been titled Mudhra and will have Shalini Pandey as Nikhil's pair, Now, the hot news is that, thanks to the craze of Nikhil and Shalini Pandey, the project's satellite rights have already been procured by Star Maa for a whopping 5.5 crores, including Hindi dubbing.
