Dil Raju, announcing the release of Mani Ratnam's 'Kaatru Veliyidai' as 'Duet' in Telugu, has said that the story was narrated to him at the beginning of the shoot.

"Just like in the case of 'OK Bangaram', director Mani Ratnam narrated the story of 'Duet' at the beginning of the shoot and I loved it. I have decided to partner with the great director once again for this film. The film will hit the screens in March 2017", said Dil Raju.

The action-romance will be done with the shoot in December. A schedule abroad next month is in the offing. Shot in Chennai, Hyderabad and Leh (Ladakh), it has music by the Mozart of Madras AR Rahman, cinematography is by Ravi Varman, editing is by Srikar Prasad, it is presented by Sireesh.