Rajamouli has a plan B ready after SSMB29 Kenya schedule called off due to unrest, team to shoot at THESE locations

In June, mid-day reported that filmmaker SS Rajamouli would take his Mahesh Babu-led action adventure, the working title of which is SSMB29, to Kenya for a month-long schedule (Kenya calling, June 24). But in the latest development, the plan has hit a roadblock amid the ongoing protests in Kenya. “Our team had done the recce, locations were finalised, but just weeks before the mid-July shoot, unrest began brewing in the region. We couldn’t risk the crew’s safety,” reveals a source associated with the film that also stars Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran.

So, where will Babu’s character — a globe-trotting explorer on a quest for some rare artefacts, à la Indiana Jones — head to, with Kenya off the table? We’ve heard that Rajamouli and his team, keen to not waste time, are now planning to head to South Africa and Tanzania, locations that promise similar visual appeal. A unit member says, “Rajamouli sir was clear that he wanted terrains that have rarely been seen on Indian screens. Tanzania’s highlands and parts of South Africa ticked those boxes.”