MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment will release Makkhi, the Hindi version of director S.S. Rajamouli‘s Telugu film Eega, nationwide on 12 October. The film has been produced by Sai Korrapati and D. Suresh Babu.

Starring Sudeep (Sudeep), Samantha Prabhu (Bindu) and Nani (Jani) in lead roles, Makkhi is a live action animation film about the revenge of a super fly. Initially, it was the Telugu version Eega that released on 6 July. It was followed by the Tamil version (Naane) and as (Eecha) in Malayalam.

Having reached the audience in 1103 screens in India in all the three versions, the film‘s Hindi release will further augment its reach. The total collections of the three versions have already done a gross business of over Rs.130 crore worldwide.

The Hindi audience is already familiar with Rajamouli‘s body of work that includes Rowdy Rathore, the Hindi remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu (2006) and his 2010 release Maryada Ramanna (2010) that is being made as Son Of Sardar in Hindi by Rohit Shetty.