Tanzania takes the spotlight as Rajamouli brings $116 million epic Bollywood film to the Serengeti
World-renowned Indian filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli
What you need to know:
- Backed by a colossal budget of $116 million (approx. Sh304 billion), the film stands as one of the most ambitious undertakings in Indian cinema history and Tanzania is playing a starring role.
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is set to dazzle on the silver screen as world-renowned Indian filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli, celebrated for cinematic blockbusters RRR and Baahubali selects the East African nation as a key filming location for his much-anticipated action-adventure epic, SSMB29.
The film, boasting an international cast including Tollywood icon Mahesh Babu, global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Malayalam powerhouse Prithviraj Sukumaran, will commence principal photography in Tanzania in the third week of July.
Cameras are poised to roll across the mesmerising landscapes of the Serengeti and beyond, before production shifts to South Africa.
With a pulse-pounding narrative inspired by Indiana Jones and the golden age of African adventure cinema, SSMB29 follows a rugged explorer on a perilous quest through untamed wilderness. Along the way, he confronts elemental forces, ancient mysteries, and a formidable adversary all in pursuit of a fabled secret with the power to reshape the world.
Backed by a colossal budget of $116 million (approx. Sh304 billion), the film stands as one of the most ambitious undertakings in Indian cinema history and Tanzania is playing a starring role.
From the heart of the Serengeti to the world’s cinema halls, Tanzania’s moment in the cinematic sun has well and truly arrived.
