Generally speaking, an actor preparing himself for a spiritual role tends to change his/her lifestyle, at least weeks before the commencement of the shoot and during the shoot. We have heard inspiring tales of dedicated stars like the legendary NTR, ANR, Krishna, Shoban Babu, Krishnam Raju and others. Actors, writers, directors and sometimes even small-time technicians turning into teetotallers while shooting for devotionals and mythologicals is a case in point.

Akkineni Nagarjuna has done it before. He is all set to do it again. The actor will shoot for a film on the legend of Haathi Ram Babaji from July onwards. Weeks ahead of this, Nag is going spiritual. Call it an effort at self-purification in order to gain the right temperament or whatever, Nag visited a temple in New York. Whether or not he was overwhelmed spiritually, the Ganesh temple had a positive impact on him due to its cleanliness. Posting a pic on Twitter, the actor gave a pat on the back of the management.

Meanwhile, the writers, director and music director of the film are busy completing pre-production activities.