The teaser of Prabhas’ ‘Saaho’, featuring some high-octane stunt sequences and a bloodied Prabhas, was released even before the blockbuster success of his film ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’, but the lead actress was not yet finalised.

The leading lady of the film has been a subject to several reports and conjectures over the last few months.

While it was earlier reported that Katrina Kaif and Pooia Hegde were being considered for the film, Prabhas’ ‘Baahubali’ co-star Anushka Shetty was also reportedly in contention.

However, reports claimed Anushka’s ‘weight issues’ were the reason she was dropped from the project.

The next actress whose name got linked to the project was Shraddha Kapoor.  The Deccan Chronicle had exclusively reported that the ‘Haseena Parkar’ actress had agreed personal terms with the makers but was yet to sign on the dotted line.

It can now be announced that the actress has indeed been cast as the leading lady in the film.

‘Shraddha is the perfect choice for the role. We are excited to have her on board with us. Saaho is Prabhas’s first film in Hindi and so it is very special for all of us. It is an ambitious project and will have some really high-octane action scenes,’ the producer of the film told Mumbai Mirror.

While the news of Shraddha being finalised for the role is delightful enough, news of the film being termed ‘Prabhas’ first film in Hindi’ indicates the film won’t be dubbed in Hindi, but be shot in Hindi, along with Telugu and Tamil.

‘Saaho’ will be Shraddha’s first South film, if we could call that.

Neil Nitin Mukesh has been signed on for the project as an antagonist, with reports of Chunky Panday being cast also doing the rounds.

The film, produced by Pramod of UV Creations and directed Sujeeth, will have music composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.