Kiccha Sudeep starts shooting for his next film Phantom.

Kiccha Sudeep is done with the shooting for Kotigobba 3 and is now all ready to move on to the sets of his next film titled Phantom. The actor is teaming up with director Anup Bhandari for Phantom and this is their first outing together. Manjunath Gowda, a close associate of Sudeep, will be bankrolling the film under his banner.

Reports say that Anup had floored Sudeep with an impressive script following which the actor decided to shelve Billa Ranga Baashaa, which was announced earlier. The groundwork for Phantom has been going on for months now and the shooting is all set to commence on Monday in Hyderabad.

Sudeep is awaiting the release of Kotigobba 3, which is directed by debutant Shiva Karthik. Madonna Sebastian and Shraddha Das are playing the female leads in this flick with Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani is an important role. Other actors in supporting roles include Tabla Nani, Rajesh Nataranga and Ravi Shankar.