“Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu” (2026) (Movie) Release Date, Cast, Director, Story, Budget and More…

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu is an upcoming Telugu action-comedy film which stars Megastar Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara , and Venkatesh in leading roles. Directed by Anil Ravipudi and produced by Shine Screens and Gold Box Entertainments. The music of the film is given by Bheems Ceciroleo and Sameer Reddy is the director of photography. Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu is set for a Sankranti release on 12 January 2026. 

The story revolves around Shankara Vara Prasad (played by Chiranjeevi), a former high-ranking National Security Officer and RAW agent. Despite his past as a elite operative, he is currently living a quiet, unassuming life, deeply immersed in domestic chores like cooking and cleaning.

The two-minute forty-second-long trailer of Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu introduces Chiranjeevi as a RAW agent and National Security Advisor. But he seems to be leading a life of domesticity now, where he’s washing clothes and cooking. However, he soon goes from shirts and lungis to suits when he gets into action mode and begins kicking some butt.

Nayanthara is soon introduced as the ‘dynamic lady’ Sashirekha, with whom he falls in love and softens towards. The trailer shows her giving him a run for his money for some unknown reason, with Chiranjeevi’s titular character soon transitioning from romance to pleading as he tries hard to woo her. Ravipudi even writes a tired old marriage joke in his trademark style.

While the trailer hints that there’s more for Shankara and Sashirekha to battle than their egos, it also hints at the cameo by Venkatesh, who gives a ‘mass entry’. It ends with the two veteran actors trading banter about switching from mass roles to family movies and vice versa.