A new Telugu film under production, titled 22 , is being directed by Shiva Kumar B who earlier assisted directors Maruthi, Puri Jagannadh and V V Vinayak. 22 is pitched as an action thriller and cop drama starring Rupesh Kumar Choudhary.
Shiva and Roopesh had earlier worked on a web series before collaborating for this feature film. In a statement, the actor revealed that he trained for six months under the guidance of fitness trainer Kuldeep Sethi to play the part. “For some of the action sequences, I trained in martial arts with Joshua master who composed action sequences for films such as Baahubali and Saaho ,” he adds. Further, Rupesh says he drew inspiration from on-screen cop roles played by NTR in Temper , Pawan Kalyan in Gabbar Singh , and real life police officers.
22 has on board Saloni Misra as the female lead, and also stars Jayaprakash, Rajeswari Nair, Sharanya, Pooja Ramachandran, Ravi Varma and Vikramjeet Virk.
