Telugu actor Akhil Akkineni grabbed a lot of attention with his transformation in the first look of Agent, his upcoming espionage-thriller with director Surender Reddy and producer Anil Sunkara. Latest on the movie is that Malayalam star Mammootty has been roped in to play villain to Akhil's spy agent character.

Work on Akhil's transformation to this beast mode started 7 months ago. I am awe struck with the passion and dedication he showed each and every single day to make sure his look turns up the way we wanted it to be. I promise to show you a never seen before new Akhil with #Agent pic.twitter.com/L5S5YDesTZ

— SurenderReddy (@DirSurender) April 8, 2021

Agent will mark first collaboration between Mammootty, Akhil, and Surender Reddy and is expected to go on floors July 12, 2021. The film, which is touted to be inspired by Matt Damon's Bourne Series has music by Thaman and story by Vakkantham Vamsi.