To be directed by Surender Reddy of 'Athanokkade'-fame, the film 'Atithi', to be produced by G Rameshbabu, under the banner of Sri Krishna Productions with Maheshbabu in the lead has got a fresh face for the female lead. Amritha Rao, who shot into fame with her glamour and performance in 'Ishq Wishq', 'Mastee', 'My Hu Naa' and the very recent 'Vivah' has been selected as the heroine. After the release of Vivah, the Telugu film industry began looking at her.
It is not new for Telugu producers to import Bollywood beauties into the Telugu film industry. Now they have got Amritha Rao. With Maheshbabu in the top slot, being the husband of a Bollywood heroine Namrata, Amritha Rao's intimacy with Mahesh's sister Manjula made Amritha to give her nod to 'Atithi'. The film is most likely to go to the sets on January 21. Manisharma is providing the tunes to this film while Shyam K Naidu is the cinematographer
