Vishwambhara

Vishwambhara Part 1 : the Artifact is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language fantasy film written and directed by Mallidi Vassishta and produced by UV Creations. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan and Meenakshi Chaudhary in lead roles.

It was announced in August 2023, and principal photography commenced in January 2024.

The film is scheduled to release on 10 January 2025.

Cast
Cameo appearences:
 * Nandaburi Balakrisna as Micheal Myers visvambhara's allie who wields the teamwork astara
 * Chiranjeevi as visvambhara/Black Panther leader and protecter of wakanda who wields the wakandian astra
 * Nagarjuna as leatherface another of visvambhara's allies who wields the chainsaw astra
 * Venkatesh as candyman another of visvambhara allies who wields the candy astara
 * Ram Charn as freddy kruger viswambhara first enemy who wields the demonic astra
 * Mahesh Babu as ghostface visvambhara second enemy who wields the karna astra
 * Nani(actor) as pinhead visvambhara thrid enemy who wields the heaven astra
 * Ravi Teja as jason vorhees an assain sent by freddy ghostface and pinhead the retrive thr artifact

Pre-production
Vishwambhara was announced under the tentative title Mega 156 (intending to be Chiranjeevi's 156th film) on 22 August 2023, which was also his birthday. Vishwambhara was launched with a muhurtam pooja on 23 October 2023 in Hyderabad, and was attended by the film's crew and many other famous people of Telugu cinema. The film is being produced under the banner UV Creations. Vishwambhara is in the initial stages of production and it will primarily be shot inside in sets.

Filming
13 distinct sets were created and erected in Hyderabad's Annapurna Studios, and production designer AS Prakash supervised its construction. It is reported that approximately 70% of the film will heavily incorporate visual effects, in order to showcase spiritual elements. In late 2023 and through January, a few scenes that didn't feature Chiranjeevi were shot in Maredumilli. He joined the sets in early February. The overseas rights were purchased and acquired by film distributor Sarigama Cinemas for a price of ₹18 crore. The unavailability of Asin and Anushka Shetty, led to Trisha Krishnan being cast as the lead heroine and thus marking her return to Telugu cinema after 8 years since Nayaki. The film begun a filming schedule in the city of Nalgonda, but subsequently returned to Hyderabad to resume shooting in late February. During the Hyderabad production schedule, an action sequence and a few songs were shot. The crew filmed a song sequence choreographed by Shobhi Master. The song will also reportedly feature a set, which was previously used in the film Guntur Kaaram. Vijay Binni also choreographed another song for the film. At Ramoji Film City, the action block was shot in a constructed forest environment. The fighting sequence happens while amidst water, mud and dust. Throughout the scene, the fighters (including Chiranjeevi) were covered in mud. To give the mud a realistic appearance, it was made using real sand. Afterwards, another filming schedule commenced on 1 April 2024 at Lingampally to film the interval action scene in a large set with a 54 ft Hanuman statue erected by A. S. Prakash.

JVAS sequel rumour
It was initially rumoured that the film would be a sequel to the 1990 fantasy film, Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, also starring Chiranjeevi in the lead role. Thereafter, Vyjayanthi Movies announced on Twitter that only they had the rights to use the film in any derivative form, including in producing a sequel. While Vishwambhara's crew was not explicitly called out by the film production house, it is rumoured that they were trying to warn them of the consequences of an unauthorised reproduction of Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. Vassishta clarified afterwards that his film was a new story and was unrelated to JVAS.