{"id":769661,"date":"2026-07-18T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:09:10","slug":"varanasi-first-look-at-priyanka-chopra-in-rrr-directors-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769661\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Varanasi&#8217;: First Look At Priyanka Chopra In &#8216;RRR&#8217; Director&#8217;s New Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDirector <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/s-s-rajamouli\/\" id=\"auto-tag_s-s-rajamouli\" data-tag=\"s-s-rajamouli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S.S. Rajamouli<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/varanasi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_varanasi\" data-tag=\"varanasi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Varanasi<\/a> is getting a first look at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/priyanka-chopra\/\" id=\"auto-tag_priyanka-chopra\" data-tag=\"priyanka-chopra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Priyanka Chopra<\/a> in her new role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTwo new stills from the upcoming film have been released, featuring Chopra as Mandakini. The new images were dropped as a celebration of Chopra\u2019s birthday on Saturday, July 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tVaranasi takes place over thousands of years and in locations around the world, from Antarctica to Africa to the titular city in India. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe action-adventure film stars Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran and is the follow-up to Rajamouli\u2019s last feature, RRR, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the acclaimed track \u201cNaatu Naatu.\u201d The composer of that song, MM Keeravani, is also returning to work on\u00a0Varanasi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tVaranasi is set to open in theatres worldwide on April 7, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLast month, Chopra talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/priyanka-chopra-jonas-bluff-success-cannes-lions-1236965942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working with the RRR filmmaker<\/a>, saying at Cannes Lions, \u201cHe has complete and utter control on set. You just come as an actor in with the weight of your character, which is also really freeing as you\u2019re not thinking about the things you would as a producer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to Varanasi, Chopra is set to star in the survival thriller Reset, directed by Matt Smukler, which is reported to begin production in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWritten by Jordan Rawlins, Reset follows a woman (Chopra) who wakes up in the middle of the wilderness days from civilization with no memory of how she got there, finding that her only chance at survival is to trust a charming stranger (Orlando Bloom) \u2014 who may not be who he says he is.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mandakini_Varanasi_2.jpg\" alt=\"Priyanka Chopra\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"713\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPriyanka Chopra<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSri Durga Arts\/Showing Business<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mandakini_Varanasi_1.jpg\" alt=\"Priyanka Chopra\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPriyanka Chopra<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSri Durga Arts\/Showing Business<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatch a teaser for Varanasi in the video below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director S.S. Rajamouli\u2018s Varanasi is getting a first look at Priyanka Chopra in her new role. 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