UTV signs up Mahesh Babu for 3 films?

As per the Mumbai sources of idlebrain.com, India’s leading integrated media and entertainment company UTV has signed Mahesh Babu for a 3-films deal a few days back. UTV will be producing three Telugu films with Mahesh Babu as hero with a cumulative budget of 55 crores. As per our sources, UTV will retain all the rights (selection of language, dubbing, remake etc) of the film.

About UTV:
UTV has produced successful bollywood flicks like Rang De Basanti, Lakshya, Khosla Ki Ghosla, Swades, D, The Namesake, Metro etc. It is currently producing Jodha Akbar (Hrithik Roshan), Fashion (Madhur Bandarkar), Delli 6 (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra) etc. UTV is also in the process of rolling out 8 TV channels out of which one Telugu channel will be there.

Other deals in Indian film industry:
UTV also recently signed Priyanka Chopra for a 3-film deal. Hrithik Roshan recently signed a 3-film deal with Adlabs for 35 crores (remuneration). Sagar Bellary who made it big with Bheja Fry has signed a 3-films deal with Sahara Motion Pictures recently. Adlabs signed a 10-films deal with the director Vipul Shah for a budget of 200 crores. Pritish Nandi Communications signed actor and director Rajat Kapoor for a 4 film deal for a budget of 20 crores.

However, there is no official confirmation from either sources (UTV and Mahesh Babu) yet. We have to wait and see if this speculation turns out to be the news or not.