Actor Ram Pothineni and 'Uppena' sensation Krithi Shetty are shooting for the former's 19th movie at Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City. The untitled film, which is helmed by N Lingusamy, went on the floors on Monday.

The news is that today, '2.0' and 'Indian 2' director Shankar surprised the team of the film by arriving as a sudden guest. "We were surprised on seeing the celebrated filmmaker. Ram, Krithi and the director welcomed him," the makers said.

Producer Sinivasa Chitturi said that Shankar listened to a melody composed by Devi Sri Prasad for the movie. "He appreciated the song. We are happy that he was there on our sets," the producer added.

Important scenes involving Ram, Krithi and Nadhiya are being shot currently. The film will be released in Telugu and Tamil next year.

Shankar is in the news for firming up his movie with the Ram Charan-Dil Raju duo. The untitled pan-India flick will go on the floors soon. It has dialogues and music by Sai Madhav Burra and Thaman, respectively.