would be either Anji, the name of his character or Akasaganga. He also talked about the reasons for delay: "It's because of the heavy graphics work involved. That is the only reason for the delay. For the first time in Indian cinema, we are picturising 20-24 minutes of the film in 3-D animation. It will be an amazing package of virtual reality. Quite spellbinding. The producer, M Shyamprasad Reddy, an MBA graduate from the US, is highly quality cautious, keen for this film to be the ultimate product. To that end, the graphics is being done by an expert team led by Chris, known as UK-2, at London's Digitalia Studio."In August 2000, Bhupinder Singh of Thammudu fame was reported to be part of the cast. In March 2001, it was reported that Bhupinder Singh was cast in the role of main villain whose older version was being played by Tinu Anand. By November 2001, the shooting portion of the film was completed except for the songs. The report also added that the songs would be shot in December and January and the film would be ready for release by February 2002. In December 2001, when director Kodi Ramakrishna was asked about the film being in production for four long years, he replied:"Though it has taken 4 years to make this film, viewers would realize that it should have taken seven years to make such a powerful graphics film. It's very easy to criticize that this film is taking long time to make. I would like to appreciate Shyam Prasad Reddy for one reason. He would have made a mass film with the Chiranjeevi dates and amassed a cool profit of 3 crores. But he preferred to make an extraordinary film by putting so much of money.In May 2002, Shyam Prasad Reddy noted that the graphics work for the film was expected to be completed by 30 July and the film would be released soon after 15th of August 2002. On 23 August 2002, it was reported that only the graphics work was pending and the film might release either during Dasara festival in 2002 or during Sankranthi in 2003. On 15 December 2003, producer Shyam Prasad Reddy spoke to Idlebrain.com and noted that the film would have a theatrical release with five songs and "Gumma Gulabi Komma" song would be filmed and added in the fourth week of the theatrical