SS Rajamouli’s Varanasi, starring Priyanka Chopra and Mahesh Babu, is set to shoot its next schedule in Antarctica. The ambitious globe-trotting drama could become the first Indian mainstream film to be shot on the frozen continent

Priyanka Chopra has described Varanasi, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, as one of India’s most ambitious and career-defining projects. The film, shot over 14 months so far, will continue filming intermittently ahead of its 2027 release