Lakshmi Bhavani Movies Pvt Ltd., today launched a new film titled �Gayatri� at Annapurna Studios. Produced and directed by D Sayendra Reddy, the film casting Gayatri (Happy Days fame) and Siva in the lead roles is a suspense thriller. Music is composed by Chakri and the camera is handled by Surender Reddy. Tollywood biggies like K Raghavendra Rao, D Ramanaidu, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Puri Jagannath and Sekhar Kammula attended the function and gave away their wishes to the team members.

While the muhurat shot taken on the heroine Gayatri and Siva was directed by K Raghavendra Rao, sensational director Puri Jagannath tapped the clapboard and D Ramanaidu switched on the camera. The logo of the film was apparently launched by the V.I.Ps. Later heroine Gayatri received the personal blessings from Akkineni and Sekhar Kammula. Surprisingly the show was anchored by none other than heroine Gayatri herself.

Sayendra Reddy, besides directing and producing the flick he has also written the story and designed the screen-play. While speaking on the dais he said that the film is based on the real life incidents of a girl. He adds, �This mystery suspense thriller is the first film for me as a director and producer as well. If everything goes well, I�m planning to release the audio of the film in September and the movie in November.�

Gayatri is thrilled to have got the chance in the heroine oriented film at a very early stage of her career. She said that the role played by her in this film �Gayatri� with a tag line of �Andharu Ammayilu Okela Undaru�, is a peculiar character which will be a great challenge to her.