Actress Anushka, who is currently shooting for a movie starring Madhavan in the lead, is reportedly playing an extended cameo in Chiranjeevi’s mega venture Syre Re Narasimha Reddy.

Sources say that her character is vital to the story and she would appear in the second half of the movie. The Baahubali actress would begin shooting next month.

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is a biopic on on the legendary freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. It is directed by Surender Reddy and is bankrolled by Ram Charan’s Konidela Production Company on a budget of Rs 200 crore.

The movie also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayantara, Tamannaah, Jagapathi Babu, Kiccha Sudeep, Pragya Jaiswal and Brahmaji. R Rathnavelu is the cameraman for this film, with A Sreekar Prasad editing it. Amit Trivedi has scored the music for Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. Plans are on for a release this Dasara festival.