It has been long since Akkineni Nagarjuna has made a film on a massive scale. After Rakshakudu, which was bigger to its times, he stayed away from plunging into big-budget films. More than a decade later, Damarukam is a film that is slowly turning out to be a gargantuan venture in Nag's career.

The film is said to be a socio-fantasy one, where Nag will share screen space with his on-screen romantic pair, Anushka Shetty. The film will be directed by Srinivasa Reddy.

For Nagarjuna, this movie from RR Movie Makers is definitely a big thing to have happened in a long time because a budget of Rs. 35 cr. is huge by any standards.

It is learnt that the film's subject is loosely inspired by Amish Tripathi's 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Going by this, Nag would be donning the role of a human-God (Lord Shiva) who ascends from man to being a God by the end, saving a utopian kingdom from misery and darkness.