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South actress Megha Akash bags Bollywood film opposite Sooraj Pancholi

South Indian actress Megha Akash, who has appeared in many successful Tamil and Telugu films, is set to enter Bollywood. The actress has been roped in to play the female lead in the upcoming film, titled Satellite Shankar. Akash will romance Hero (2015) actor Sooraj Pancholi who plays the male lead in the Irfan Kamal directorial.

Megha Akash is presently working on Tamil thriller Enai Noki Paayum Thota which stars Dhanush. Talking about her debut in Bollywood, she said, “There were a lot of offers in Hindi, but Satellite Shankar is something special. It’s a different film that is being made on a huge scale. I’m excited to be in it.”


Director Irrfan Kamal added, “Megha is exactly what we were looking for. From the time we saw her, we knew she was the one.”

Initially, Rhea Chakraborty was supposed to play the female lead in Satellite Shankar. However, the actress walked out of the film days after it mounted the shooting floor for reasons best known to her.

Satellite Shankar is being bankrolled by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under the banners of T-Series and Cine1 Studios.

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Highlights:

  • Sweetmeats previews at Bush Theatre from 7 February 2026, running until 21 March.
  • The play follows two south Asian elders navigating type-2 diabetes.
  • Shobu Kapoor and Rehan Sheikh star in the lead roles.
  • Co-produced by Bush Theatre and Tara Theatre, written by Karim Khan.
  • Tickets from £15, with concessions and accessible performances available.

Sweetmeats, a new play examining diabetes in south Asian communities, will have its world premiere at London’s Bush Theatre from 7 February 2026. Written by Karim Khan and directed by Tara Theatre’s Natasha Kathi-Chandra, the production follows Hema and Liaquat, two elders brought together on a diabetes support course. The play highlights both the health risks faced by south Asians and the rarely told stories of older characters on the British stage.

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