Director Krish Jagarlamudi confirmed DC’s previous report which  said that Shriya Saran could be the leading lady in Balakrishna’s 100th film, Gautamiputra Satakarni. “Yes, we finally got Shriya to play the female lead and she will be joining the shoot soon,” said Krish.

Balakrishna is currently in the US and will return to Hyderabad next week, shooting is expected to restart once he is back.

Bollywood actors Kabir Bedi and Hema Malini will also be playing important roles in the film. While Kabir already joined the film’s unit, Hema is expected to join very soon.