Priyanka Chopra’s first official look from SS Rajamouli’s upcoming film ‘Varanasi’ was unveiled during her birthday celebrations, offering fans an early glimpse of the globe-trotting epic. The images depict Chopra as Mandakini in a fierce and commanding appearance.
The makers captioned the reveal, “To more adventures…. more discoveries… and journeys across every horizon.”
In the newly released still, Chopra wears a dark, structured corset-style top featuring high-neck detailing and sheer or mesh elements, creating a Gothic, warrior-inspired aesthetic. Her hair is styled in a voluminous updo, enhancing the intensity of the character. The fire-lit backdrop further emphasizes Mandakini’s powerful and atmospheric presence on screen.
The character reveal coincides with production entering its final phase. In June, Rajamouli provided an update on the film’s progress following his appearance at the Annecy Animation Festival, where the first glimpse of the film was shown.
He stated, “What I can say is we have completed a major portion of the shoot, all the important big spectacle action sequences are done. 1784355009 into doing the smaller, interconnecting scenes so hopefully, by September, maybe a little bit into October, we should be finishing shooting.”
The director also discussed the influence of shooting the film in the IMAX format on his creative approach. “From the beginning, we knew the sequences that were conceived would be best justified in [the] Imax format – we didn’t change anything just for the format,” he said, adding that changes were minimal.
Explaining the adjustment process, he said, “Because our eyes have been trained to shoot in the CinemaScope format, which obviously I love, [we were] just thinking about, we need to frame this [to] look good both in Imax as well as CinemaScope, the anamorphic framing, so that took a little bit of adjustment for the first few initial days. Then we understood how to do it.”
Starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Prithviraj Sukumaran, ‘Varanasi’ has attracted considerable attention since its title announcement. Last year, Rajamouli introduced Mahesh Babu’s character with a striking visual featuring the actor riding an ox while holding a trishul.
‘Varanasi’ is scheduled for theatrical release on April 7, 2027.
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