Shraddha Kapoor as Saaho's Leading Lady is a Big Step in Narrowing the

Shraddha Kapoor is making her south debut with Saaho, a film that will be released in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, besides Hindi. Being produced by UV Creations, a Hyderabad based company, and T-Series, Saaho is a Bollywood-meets-south film in the truest sense.

Not only does it have Telugu superstar Prabhas opposite Shraddha, the collaboration between the two industries is also taken forward by the rest of the cast. A bunch of actors from B-Town – Neil Nitin Mukesh, Jackie Shroff, Mahesh Manjrekar and Chunky Panday – play important characters in the film.

Collaborations between Bollywood and south stars is not a new phenomenon, but has definitely picked up momentum this year. Many B-Towners, including Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan, will be spending time on southern sets very soon.

One of the biggest titles that has roped in major Bollywood stars is SS Rajamouli’s RRR, a movie headlined by Ram Charan Teja and NTR Junior. The Telugu-language period action film will also feature Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt in pivotal roles.

Read: RRR: Alia, Ajay Join Jr NTR and Ram Charan in Rajamouli’s Telugu Period Film

Ask Ajay about his maiden south venture and the actor says, “I took up this films because I really admire Rajamouli. He is fabulous. I have known him for some time. I am doing a cameo in the film and the character, which he has narrated to me, is fabulous.”

He adds, “I think things have changed now. There is no more a north-south divide. From a Baahubali to other south films with not so famous stars have worked in the north in recent times.”

That gap has narrowed so much that there’s hardly any A-lister left in Bollywood who doesn’t have a south film in his kitty. Amitabh Bachchan will be making a guest appearance in Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, a Telugu biographical action film starring Chiranjeevi in the lead. There were strong rumours that Shah Rukh Khan would play an antagonist in Vijay’s upcoming film Bigil, however, it’s not confirmed yet.