Nani has completed nearly a decade as an actor in Tollywood. He has emerged as one of the most bankable stars of the current generation with a good success ratio.

Through out his career, Nani stuck to boy-next-door and lover boy roles. Despite being typecast, he managed to win audience and bagged back to back successes.

But, he has been facing some criticism from audience and critics for being typecast and coming up with routine characterisations in all his recent outings. True that Nani hardly experimented in his career so far. He has played it safe with time-tested characters.

It seems he has decided to break free from being typecast. Now, he has surprised everyone by signing a sports drama, a first in his career. He is going to be seen as an aged cricketer in Jersey and his character will carry a range of emotions.

By signing a sports drama at this juncture of his career, Nani made his intentions clear that he is open to do experimental films from here on.

He has also signed a multi-starrer with Akkineni Nagarjuna which is currently on floors