Akhil Akkineni
is the son of
Akkineni Nagarjuna
and
Amala Akkineni
. Amala had been away from the cinema, after marrying Nagarjuna. A couple of years back, she appeared on a TV show as a judge. Recently, she played an advocate in a Malayalam film titled “C/O Saira Banu” with
Manju Warrier
. Amala’s son Akhil made his film debut in Akhil – The Power of Jua. But, the film failed to impress the audiences. Now, he has been busy working on his second project, which is yet to be titled. “24” featuring
Suriya Sivakumar
and
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
was directed by “
Vikram K Kumar
.” Vikram is directing Akhil’s second film. Akhil has sung a song in this film. Samantha, the would-be sister-in-law of Akhil, praised his talent through her tweet. She posted, “@AkhilAkkineni8 I am sorry that I am late to this party but woo hoo all hail #Akhilthesinger friekin amazing !!"