Sporting a long beard and hair, with a red tika on the forehead, Amitabh Bachchan looks almost unrecognisable in a sepia photo of himself dressed in character for the Telugu film Sye Raa. The actor shared his look on social media last night with a caption in Telugu saying, “If you have to be in one frame with superstar Chiranjeevi, you’d need to be able to command respect to do that.”
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— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 28, 2018
According to reports, the actor will be joining the sets of the mega budgeted Telugu period drama this week. Albeit a small but important role, Bachchan will be seen as Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy’s mentor.
Sye Raa is a biopic on the famous freedom fighter from Kurnool. The film’s cast, apart from Chiranjeevi and Bachchan, also has Kiccha Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu, Nayanthara, Pragya Jaiswal and even Vijay Sethupathi. To be directed by Surender Reddy, the film will be bankrolled by Ram Charan under his banner Konidela Production Company on a budget of Rs 150 crores, with cinematography by Ravi Varman and script by the Paruchuri Brothers.
