Akhil Akkineni has confirmed the actress, who is going to pair up with him in his debut movie. There were speculations that Amyra Dastur will play the leading lady in his movie.

But Akhil confirmed that he is going to romance Sayesha Saigal. Sayesha is the grand niece of veteran Bollywood actor Dileep Kumar and Saira Banu. This is Sayesha's debut movie and Akhil said that she is as nervous as him. The movie, which will be directed by V.V.Vinayak, will have a big launch on February 14th at Shilpa Kala Vedika and the regular shooting starts on 16th.

Akhil tweeted :

"Introducing my actress, sayesha saigal. Her first film too so she's as nervous as I am :) wishing her all the best !"

"Excited to see all the fans on 14th. Having a big launch and we are all set to shoot from 16th. VINAYAK garu is very confident and so am I"

"See you all on 14th at Shilpa kala vedhika. And for the people who can't make it, you can catch it on TV. More details soon."

Nithiin and his father Sudhakar Reddy are going to produce the film on Shresth movies banner.