Nandamuri Balakrishna
has been working busily in his 100th film,
Gautamiputra Satakarni
. The actor has been sharing the screen space with
Shriya Saran
,
Hema Malini
and
Kabir Bedi
. The film is helmed by
Director Krish
. Gautamiputra Satakarni will be a Sankranti 2017 release. After wrapping up the film, Balayya will be seen in “Rythu, a film to be directed by
Vamsi Krishna
. In this film, Balayya will be seen as a 70-year-old farmer. It seems that Balayya has decided to break his commercial hero image and try a new genre, out of his comfort zone. As per the reports,
Amitabh Bachchan
will be seen in a cameo role in the film. The reason for Balayya's meeting with Amitabh was to thank Big B for doing Rythu. The film will start rolling in January 2017, after the release of Gautamiputra Satakarni.