SSMB29: Priyanka Chopra Jonas launched as Mandakini in Rajamouli-Mahesh Babus globetrotter

The makers of the upcoming Mahesh Babu-SS Rajamouli movie launched the character performed by actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Tentatively titled SSMB29, the film is billed as a globetrotter.

Priyanka is ready to play a personality referred to as Mandakini within the film. In the character-introduction poster, the actor is seen in a yellow saree and holding a gun.

“Can’t anticipate the world to witness your myriad shades of Mandakini,” wrote Rajamouli on social media. The film marks Priyanka’s return to Indian cinema.

The actor hoped the Rajamouli-directorial will usher in a brand new period. Ahead of the movie’s grand launch occasion in Hyderabad on Saturday, the actor held an #AskPCJ session on social media platform X the place she fielded queries from followers in regards to the venture and her expertise within the Telugu movie business.

Asked by a consumer if the film will mark her “grand return to Indian cinema or a complete new PCJ period”, the actor replied, “Hopefully a brand new period and my return to Indian movies. I’m unsure. But I do know it is going to be unbelievable.” Priyanka’s final Indian venture was the 2019 drama The Sky is Pink, during which she starred alongside Farhan Akhtar.

Since then, she has largely appeared in Hollywood tasks reminiscent of The Matrix Resurrections, Love Again, and collection Citadel.

In Rajamouli’s movie, she’s going to characteristic alongside Telugu celebrity Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran, whose character was launched on November 07, 2025. The Malayalam actor is ready to play the antagonist, named Kumbha.

The makers are set to disclose the title of the film on November 15, 2025. At an occasion scheduled on the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, the film’s first glimpse can even be unveiled. The occasion might be live-streamed on JioHotstar.