It's known that the shoot of Gautamiputra Satakarni was begun on May 9. The crew is in the North African country of Morocco. The news is that Balakrishna, Krish and team are filming the movie in the wee hours so as to get the shots right. They are shooting some crucial war sequences in this schedule.

Technicians who have worked for several Hollywood films are taking part in this key schedule. Sequences choreographed by fight masters Ram and Lakshman will be shot in this schedule.

The makers are gung-ho about the project, which has dialogues by the talented Sai Madhav Burra and lyrics by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. Cinematography is by VS Gnanasekhar.

The makers have firmly set out to complete the film so as to be able to release it on the coming January 12. The period war-drama, that sees Nandamuri Balakrishna in the role of the greatest Telugu emperor ever, is expected to be one of the most visually-rich films ever in Telugu, of course, after Baahubali. Recently, the Hindi actor Kabir Bedi has been roped in to play an important role.

After the three week schedule in Morocco, the team will film in Hyderabad. A set will be erected in the city for this purpose.