Naga Chaitanya turned 35 on Tuesday and what's better than unveiling his first look as Chinna Bangarraju from his upcoming film Bangarraju as a way to celebrate his special day. Bangarraju marks Naga Chaitanya and his father Nagarjuna's third film together. On his son's birthday, Nagarjuna wished him by unveiling the "first look and style of Chinna Bangarraju" along with the film's teaser. Dressed in a printed yellow shirt and jeans, Naga Chaitanya looks full of life and jolly as he steps out of a house with a smirk on his face and sits on a bike. Sharing the teaser, Nagarjuna wrote: "Presenting our Chinna Bangarraju on his birthday" and added this for his son: "Love you ra." Replying to his father's tweet, the birthday boy wrote: "Thank you so much nana!" Bangarraju is the sequel to Nagarjuna's 2016 film Soggade Chinni Nayana but more on that later.
Check out Naga Chaitanya's first look in the Bangarraju teaser here:
And here's how Naga Chaitanya thanked father Nagarjuna for the shout-out:
Bangarraju is Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya's first film after five years - they last co-starred in Premam. Naga Chaitanya is Nagarjuna's son with his first wife Lakshmi Daggubati. After their divorced in 1990, Nagarjuna married actress Amala in 1992. Their son Akhil is also an actor.
In Bangarraju, Nagarjuna reprises his titular role from Soggade Chinni Nayana. The forthcoming film also stars Ramya Krishnan, Krithi Shetty, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji, Chalapathi Rao, Vennela Kishore, Jhansi and Anita Chowdery.
The film is directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala, who also helmed the first part. It is co-produced by Zee Studios and Nagarjuna's Annapurna Studios.
On Naga Chaitanya's birthday, the makers of his other upcoming film titled Thank You released the first look poster featuring the actor. Sharing the poster, Naga Chaitanya's Thank You co-star Raashii Khanna wrote: "Presenting the first look of #ThankYouMovie! #HBDYuvasamratNagaChaitanya." In a sepeate tweet, she wished him like this: "Happy birthday. Wish you be blessed with everything you desire and more! Have an amazing year ahead! And eat lots of cake today!"
Birthday boy Naga Chaitanya was last seen alongside Sai Pallavi in Love Story, which released shortly after he and Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced their separation.