adhi Pinisetty's 'Clap' was launched today in the presence of the legendary music director Ilaiyaraja, producer Allu Aravind and Natural Star Nani, among others.  A sports drama, the film has Akanksha Singh as the heroine.

To be directed by Prudhvi Aditya, the film will be made in Telugu and Tamil. The launch event in Hyderabad was attended also by C Kalyan, Chanti Addala, Shoba Rani, Komara Venkatesh, Sundeep Kishan, Boyapati Srinu, Gopichand Malineni, Bommarillu Bhaskar, Chinni Krishna and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Aadhi said, "I said 'yes' to the film as soon as I listened to the story.  It's a very heart-touching movie.  The director has done a lot of research for writing the story.  'Clap' will be totally different compared to all the sports dramas you have seen so far.  I have been waiting to work with producer Karthikeyan for long.  This film has made it possible."

Prudhvi Aditya said, "This is a special day in my career.  I worked on the story for more than a year."

Akanksha Singh said, "This is my third film in Telugu and first one in Tamil.  I am really excited.  The script has got many strong characters.  I have an important role in it."

The film will be shot in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Madurai and other locations.

Nasser, Prakash Raj, Krish Kurup, Brahmaji, Mime Gopi, Surya, Meena, Vasu and others are part of the cast.

Music is by Maestro Ilaiyaraja.  Praveen Kumar will crank the camera.