Actress Deepika Padukone who has done two South films in her career - Aishwarya (Kannada) and Kochadaiyaan (Tamil) is adding a Telugu movie to her portfolio with Project K (tentative title) opposite Prabhas. While Project K is under production, Deepika is currently promoting her upcoming Amazon Prime Video release Gehraiyaan, which is a Hindi movie premiering on February 11, 2022.  

During these promotions, Deepika was asked which Indian actor would she like to work with next, notably someone whom she hasn't collaborated with before. To this Padukone answered, "I would love to work with Jr. NTR and Allu Arjun. I'm obsessed with Jr. NTR at this point. He's got an incredible personality. I think Allu Arjun is a brilliant and fantastic actor. He's amazing as well."