Sudheer's next to be an action film

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Sudheer's debut film SMS (Shiva Manasulo Shruthi) has won some accolades and critical appreciation. It also had a decent run at the box office. 

Encouraged by this, Sudheer has signed his next film, an action entertainer directed by Vamsi Krishna Akella (who directed Raksha, the Telugu remake of Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk).

This will perhaps give Sudheer the opportunity to show off his six-packs and give another power-packed performance. A little concentration on his voice, though, would do him good!

Action to be shot in Telugu and Tamil will be the first comic 3D film to be directed by Anil Sunkara who produced Bindaas and Aha Naa Pellanta and later teamed up with Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta to produce the blockbuster Dookudu under the banner of 14 Reels Entertainment.

This film starring Allari Naresh, Shaam, Vaibhav, Sneha Ullal, Vimala Raman, Kaamna Jethmalani, Raju Sundaram and Nassar, was launched on Ugadi (March 23) in the presence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu K Rosaiah, Sreenu Vytla, A M Ratnam, Kodandarami Reddy (director and father of Vaibhav), and actors Simbu and Sriram.

The film will be shot in Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa, Bangkok and Finland. Bappa Lahiri, the son of Bappi Lahiri, is being introduced as music director of Action, while the background score is by S S Thaman.

S S Murari is the cinematographer, Keith Driver from the USA is the stereographer, Nagendra is the art director and M R Varma is the editor of the film.