The yet-untitled film is slated to release in 2022. “I feel lucky and blessed that Bachchan Sir has selected our film among the many choices he has. It is a full-length role, which we believe will do justice to the legend that he is,” said the film’s director Nag Ashwin. The multi-lingual film is backed by the South Indian production house Vyjayanthi Movies, popular for projects such as ‘Mahanati’, ‘Agni Parvatam’ and ‘Indra’.

 “Shri NTR and I had watched the landmark film ‘Sholay’ several times when it ran for over a year at NTR’s Ramakrishna Theatre. After all these years, it is truly a glorious and immensely satisfying moment for me to welcome Indian cinema’s greatest icon, Amitabh Bachchan to be a part of this prestigious movie under our banner,” said Aswini Dutt, producer and founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. This is the first time Prabhas is collaborating with Big B and Deepika. The two Bollywood stars have earlier worked together in the films ‘Aarakshan’ and ‘Piku’