Priyanka Jawalkar, the debutante of 'Taxiwaala', has signed up to do a new movie. The 26-year-old fledgling actress will romance Shiva Kandukuri, the son of producer Raj Kandukuri, in a film to be directed by newcomer Srujana. As per early reports, Shriya Saran has a role in it.

After 'Taxiwaala' opposite Vijay Deverakonda last year, Priyanka became utterly choosy, rejecting offers in films that held no promise.

The beauty became an actress after acing in academics. "Years ago, I did a statistics course at Harvard for eight months. Acting has always been in my mind since childhood. But I couldn't tell it to people fearing a backlash. When I was in the US, many Telugus recognized me as the actress of my first short film, 'Possessiveness'," Priyanka once said.