Actor NTR’s role in his upcoming big ticket flick, Baadshah has been a subject of intense speculation in the past few days. Ever director Srinu Vaitla announced that the actor is going to be seen in a completely new avatar in the film the rumor mills have been working overtime with speculations that NTR would be seen playing a secret agent role on the lines of James Bond in the film. But if story writer Kona Venkat is to be believed none of it is true.

“NTR is not playing James Bond role or a Secret Agent in Baadshah. It’s a good action & comedy entertainer with love, family &other emotions packed in,” wrote Kona Venkat on his twitter page dismissing the speculations as false.

The cast and crew of the film are on their way to Italy to begin shooting for the film. “The film’s shooting starts from July 9 th in Italy. The movie will be shot continuously up to January with short breaks. There is a major shooting schedule also in Bangkok & in India,” added Gopi Mohan. Kajal Aggarwal is playing the lead in the movie produced by Bandla Ganesh.