Blockbuster director Anil Ravipudi is now busy with the pre-production works of his next film F3, which is the sequel of his 2019 hit F2. Venkatesh and Varun Tej, who played the leads in the original, are reprising their roles in this sequel as well. Meanwhile, it is being heard that Anil approached Super Star Mahesh Babu to play the lead role in this movie but the latter had rejected the offer. According to the sources, Anil Ravipudi narrated the script of F3 to Mahesh earlier this year.Mahesh Babu rejected F3 for this reason Though he liked the story, Mahesh politely declined the offer by saying that he is not in a state of doing multi-starrer films right now. Thus, Anil has decided to go with Venkatesh and Varun. Both Anil and Mahesh have worked together for the film Sarileru Neekevvaru. The shooting of F3 will begin next month. We hear that there will also be a third lead hero in this movie but we don’t know which actor is going to play that role. Dil Raju is bankrolling this anticipated project and Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music of it.