The regular shooting of Sunil's movie with N Shankar is set to begin from February 15. The first schedule will be canned in Hyderabad. A remake of the Malayalam hit '2 Countries', the film will be produced by Shankar himself on his banner Maha Lakshmi Arts.

"On wanting to remake the original, Shankar took good time to modify script and he is finally starting the project as he is pleased with final version. Most of the production work will take place in US," the project's spokesperson says. Sreedhar Seepana is the dialogue-writer.

Gopi Sunder of 'Oopiri', 'Majnu' and 'Premam' fame will compose the music. The cinematography is by C Ram Prasad.

Naresh, Sayaji Shinde, Posani Krishna Murali, Raja Ravindra, Prithvi, Srinivas Reddy, Sijju, Dev Gill, Siva Reddy, Jhansi, Sanjjana have been roped in. Editing will be by Kotagiri Venkateswar Rao. Art direction is by AS Prakash.