Alias Rukmini wraps shoot: Nithiin’s Nani-presented film opens on 4 December, his first release in 17 months

Filming on Alias Rukmini is complete. Unanimous Productions, the banner making the Nithiin film, announced the wrap on Instagram on Monday, 9 November and confirmed that it opens in theatres around the world on Friday, 4 December. That leaves 25 days between the last shot and the first show.

The post also restated the billing: Nani presents the film, and Murali Kanth Devasoth has written and directed it. Deepthi Ganta is the producer. Nithiin plays Krishna, and Aafiya Sayed is Rukmini.

A writer hiding behind his wife

The plot turns on a secret. Krishna writes bold, racy novels and puts them out under the name of his wife, Rukmini, so that nobody knows he is the real author. The title teaser built its joke on that: Nani, heard talking to the director, wants to know why a film sold as Krishna’s story keeps showing books by Rukmini, and a drowsy Nithiin wakes up in his chair to explain that Rukmini is his wife.

A second video followed on Saturday, 7 November, a day before Deepavali. It goes back ten years to show Krishna before Rukmini came into his life. The director offers Aafiya Sayed a look at that younger man, and Nithiin, made to look several years younger, steps into the frame.

The crew, and a 17-month gap

Jomon T John is the cinematographer and Vijai Bulganin has composed the music. Srujana Adusumilli edited the film, Rekha Boggarrapu handled the costumes and Ramana Madhavaram worked as co-director.

The release will end a gap of 17 months for Nithiin. His two films of 2025 were Robinhood, directed by Venky Kudumula, on 28 March, and Thammudu, directed by Venu Sriram, on 4 July. Before them came Extra Ordinary Man in 2023.

Alias Rukmini will not have 4 December to itself. Naga Chaitanya’s mythical thriller Vrushakarma, whose first song came out on 7 November, is also set for a worldwide release that Friday.