Actor Akkineni Nagarjuna will be seen playing a National Investigation Agency (NIA) official in his next film, titled Wild Dog. The title and first look poster were divulged by the creators on Friday.

Nagarjuna took to Twitter to share his excitement over the undertaking. "Excited to be part of a true life inspired drama after a long time. Playing an NIA officer. New age technicians and new format filmmaking. One never stops learning. 2020 is going to be exciting," Nagarjuna tweeted. The first look poster is of a newspaper headline which reads: "Encounter in city; 6 dead. Police or wild dog?"

Being directed by debutant Abishor Solomon, the film will see Nagarjuna play a cop without any guidelines. It merits referencing that Nagarjuna was recently observed playing an IPS officer in Ram Gopal Varma's Officer, which failed at the box office. The project is being bankrolled by Matinee Entertainment and the creators are yet to officially uncover rest of the cast and team.

Nagarjuna was most recently seen in Telugu film Manmadhudu 2. The 60-year-old star has placed high trust in this venture after the failure of Manmadhudu 2, which was intensely panned by critics and audience the same.

Nagarjuna likewise has a venture in Tamil. He had recently signed Dhanush's second directorial venture. He was roped in to assume an essential role. In any case, bits of gossip have developed that the task has been racked and Nagarjuna had utilized dates he had saved for this project for Manmadhudu 2.

The actor recently hosted the third season of Telugu Bigg Boss. Discussing the experience of hosting the show, he had said the show assist him with associating with an enormous audience on a personal level.