Natural star Nani has already wrapped up the shooting of his multi-starrer with Nagarjuna titled as 'Devadas' under the direction of Sriram Aditya. The Bigg Boss show which he has been hosting also came to an end.
Now, Nani is going to concentrate on his upcoming project 'Jersey' which is going to be a sports drama. Nani is going to play the role of a cricketer in the flick. Unlike his previous movies, Nani has taken up different kind of film this time and is playing the character called Arjun in the movie who realises his talent at a certain age and dreams to join the Indian Cricket Team. The shooting of this period drama sports drama will go on sets from Dussehra onwards. The story runs with 1986 to 1996 backdrop and Nani has been taking cricket coaching to prepare for this role well.
'Malli Raava' fame Gautham Tinnanuri is helming this project. He has already clarified that the movie is not a biopic at all and is an entirely fictional story. Surya Devara Naga Vamshi under the production banner of Sithara Entertainments is bankrolling this project.