The puja ceremony for director Cheran's Maha, was held today, 4th March at Annapurna Studios. This is the National award winning director's second production. The ceremony was attended by the cast and crew of the film. Allu Aravind, K.S.Rama Rao, Tagore Madhu and Dil Raju were the guests for the occasion.

Maha, starring Bharat and Mallika Kapoor will see noted cinematographer Vijay Milton debuting as a director, with this film. Maha love story, has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie, made in Tamil, will be dubbed into Telugu and both the versions will be released simultaneously. The Telugu version will be released by first time producer Bunny Vasu, Sumanth and Maruthi, by New Entertainments banner.

Speaking on the occasion Allu Aravind said "My son introduced me to Vasu. Though he is a graduate, his passion for films and his dedication during the making of Aarya was very inspiring. That is why I wanted to encourage him further. Maha is the first film under his banner New Entertainments. I wish him all the best. All the three producers of the film Bunny Vasu, Sumanth and Maruthi are very close to me".

"Vijay Milton narrated this script, to me, when he was helping me with my film Autograph. Though my previous films are all of the serious type, Maha is a complete entertainer. We are planning to release the film simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil on 14th of April". Producer Cheran said.

Director Vijay Milton said "This film is completely Screen play oriented. I would like to thank Cheran for giving me this opportunity.There are six songs in this film. And all of them are situational".

Heroine Mallika Kapoor and the producers of the film Maruthi and Sumanth also spoke on the occasion.

Cast: Bharat & Mallika Kapoor

Crew: Music: Yuan Shankar Raja; Dialogues: Sri Rama Krishna; Lyrics: Veturi; Editing: Trinadh; Choreography: Sridhar; Fights: Annal Arusu; Nirvahana: Srinivasa Kumar; Story - Screenplay - Direction: Vijay Milton; Producers: Bunny Vasu, Sumanth & D. Maruthi Sivathma