It's official: Vamsi to direct Mahesh's 25th movie

Filmmaker Vamshi Paidipally, best known for helming “Yevadu” and “Oopiri”, will collaborate with superstar Mahesh Babu for the first time next year for a yet-untitled Telugu project.

It will be Mahesh Babu’s 25th film of his career.

Announcing the news on his Twitter page, Vamshi wrote: “It’s my pleasure to announce my next film with the superstar Mahesh Babu.”

Seconds after the announcement, the hashtag MB25 started trending online.

Vamshi further added that this project will be jointly produced by Ashwini Dutt and Dil Raju.

Currently busy shooting for his 23rd project with A.R Murugadoss, a bilingual, Mahesh is expected to commence work on this project in the second half of 2017.