New Delhi, June 14 -- Ravi Teja, the actor Telugu cinema has called Mass Maharaja for two decades of high-energy action comedies, is preparing what may be the most unexpected pivot of his career. Irumudi, directed by Shiva Nirvana and produced by Mythri Movie Makers, is a family drama centered on the Ayyappa Deeksha, the 41-day spiritual discipline undertaken by devotees before their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Ravi Teja plays a father who commits to abandoning his drinking habits by undertaking the Deeksha, motivated entirely by his relationship with his daughter. The film is set for a worldwide theatrical release on August 21, 2026, in both Telugu and Tamil, with the Tamil version titled Irumudi Kattu.

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