Many recent reports had revealed that
Duniya Vijay is to soon make his Telugu debut in a
Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer. Tentatively titled 'NBK 107', to suggest Balakrishna's 107th project, the commercial entertainer is being directed by Gopichand Malineni with
Shruti Haasan playing the female lead. In the same vein, the makers of the film took to social media earlier today to announce that Vijay, quite indeed, will be playing the antagonist in the film.
"Very happy to welcome the Sandalwood Sensation Duniya Vijay on board to #NBK107," wrote director Gopichand Malineni who also emphasized that Duniya Vijay will "redefine villainism" in the film.
As per other recent reports, Mythri Movie Makers, the production house of NBK 107, are ecstatic with Duniya Vijay's joining the project and deem this to be an "ideal launch" for the actor as director Gopichand Malineni is known to mount his villains on a rather grand scale. His most release, 'Krack', proved to be a commercial success.
The core crew of 'NBK 107' comprises
S. Thaman for music, Rishi Punjabi for cinematography, Navin Nooli to take up editing, and Sai Madhav Burra will pen the dialogues.
Duniya Vijay, on the other hand, is fresh off the success of his directorial debut 'Salaga' which release in cinema halls on the 14th of October. Vijay also starred as the male lead in the film with
Dhananjaya and Sanjana Anand playing other principal characters - Charan Raj's music went on to gain tremendous popularity.