Young actor Nikhil’s upcoming Karthikeya is a bilingual (Telugu & Tamil) thriller-comedy film, said producer Venkata Srinivas. The movie is currently undergoing shoot at AVM studios in Chennai. Debutant Chandu Mundeti is directing this film.

"I am happy to be part of this bilingual movie and I am playing a Medico," said Nikhil and added that the plot is such that key characters are forced to find a solution for a sensitive problem in the film and that will be the high point of the movie.

Karthikeya, likely to release in early 2014, is made on high budget. It stars Colors Swathi alongside Nikhil. Shekar Chandra is rendering the music. Karthik Ghattamaneni is handling the camera while Karthik Srinivas is the editor. Venkata Srinivas is producing the movie on Magnus Cineprime Pvt Ltd.