The regular shooting of Mahesh Babu’s ‘Dhookudu’ under Srinu Vaitla’s direction is expected to begin shortly. In his twitter account Mahesh mentioned, “Off Istanbul on Friday for a 15 day long schedule with Srinu Vytla. I’m sure it will be one rocking schedule. Really excited and looking forward to it.”

The shooting will be held in Istanbul in Turkey. Samantha has been cast opposite Mahesh as leading lady. This is 14 Reels Entertainments’ 2nd production venture and has music by S Thaman.