Bollywood
veteran
actor
Kabir
Bedi,
who
has
films
such
as
Hulchal,
Khoon
Bhari
Maang
and
Dilwale
to
his
credit,
has
been
roped
in
to
play
a
crucial
role
in
Nandamuri
Balakrishna's
highly
anticipated
100th
film,
Gauthamiputra
Satakarni.
"Kabir
Bedi
plays
a
very
important
role
and
he
will
join
the
first
schedule
in
Morocco,
where
we
plan
to
shoot
for
about
2-3
weeks
from
May
9
onwards.
In
this
schedule,
one
of
three
major
war
sequences
of
the
film
will
be
shot," film's
producer
Rajeev
revealed.
After
wrapping
the
Morocco
schedule,
the
makers
will
return
to
India.
"We
haven't
decided
yet
if
we
want
to
go
back
and
shoot
another
schedule
in
Morocco.
We'd
like
to
see
the
rushes
of
the
first
schedule
and
then
take
a
call.
Moreover,
it's
getting
very
expensive
to
shoot
there,
so
we
need
to
plan
accordingly," he
said.
To
be
directed
by
National
award-winning
filmmaker
Krish,
the
film
is
about
the
story
of
an
unsung
Satavahana
ruler
from
1st
century
AD.
Veteran
actress
Hema
Malini
will
play
Balakrishna's
mother
in
the
film,
which
will
have
music
by
Devi
Sri
Prasad.
The
film's
leading
lady
is
yet
to
be
finalised.
"We
had
approached
Nayanthara
and
she
seemed
interested.
However,
she
has
no
dates
till
September
and
we
couldn't
afford
to
wait
for
that
long.
The
heroine
is
only
required
in
the
third
schedule,"
said
Rajeev,
adding
that
they
will
zero
in
on
the
heroine
in
the
next
3
to
4
weeks.