Shankara (2016)

Director
Thathineni Satya

Main cast
Nara Rohith; Regina Cassandra; John Vijay; Ahuti Prasad; M. S. Narayana

Genres
Drama, Romance

Description
Shankara is an upcoming Telugu film directed by Thathineni Satya Prakash and produced by R.V.Chandramouli Prasad (Kinnu) under the Sri Leela Movies banner and producer K. S. Rama Rao is presenting it.


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