Aranya is an upcoming Telugu language Drama Film. The film began production when Prabhu Solomon wanted to bring the issue of elephant abuse to the light. Unnikrishnan, an elephant who played a role in Kumki 2, also plays a pivotal role in the film. Hindi actress Zoya Hussain was signed to play a role. Rana Daggubati shed 15 kilograms for this films by eating vegetarian food for six weeks. Initially scheduled for release on 2 April 2020, the film release was then indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being rescheduled to be released on 15 January 2021 to coincide with Pongal festival.
| Movie | Aranya |
| Director | Prabhu Solomon |
| Writer | Prabhu Solomon (Tamil dialogues),
Vanamali (Telugu dialogues), Niranjan Iyengar (Hindi dialogues) |
| Story | Prabhu Solomon |
| Cast | Rana Daggubati as Bandev, a jungle man who lives with elephants,
Vishnu Vishal as Singa (Tamil and Telugu versions)- a mahout, Pulkit Samrat as Shankar (Hindi version), Zoya Hussain as Arvi, Shriya Pilgaonkar as Arundhati, Unnikrishnan, Paras Arora, Rajiv Kachroo, Master Jayaditya, Sampath Ram, Ankit Sagar (Hindi version), Robo Shankar (Tamil version), Raghu Babu (Telugu version), Bhuvan Arora, Avantika Chauhan, Ashwin Raja, Tinnu Anand, Maaran |
| Musician | Shantanu Moitra |
| Cinematography | A. R. Ashok Kumar |
| Editor | Bhuvan Srinivasan |
| Production Company | Eros International |
| Distribution | Eros International |
| Release Date | 15 January 2021 |
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