Akkineni Nagarjuna's hugely-awaited Kedi has caught everybody's attention much before its release. Produced by Kamakshi Kala Movies, under D Sivaprasad Reddy, the film is a big-budget one which was exclusively shot in Goa. Mamatha Mohandas is the heroine.

For Nagarjuna, many say, Kedi is a film that can be compared to his previous films like Ninne Pelladatha, Nuvvu Vasthavani and Manmathudu in importance, if not to Annamayya which is his magnum opus. Yuvasamrat's fans feel that this one will help their idol reinvent himself in the industry in a never-seen-before role.

In this way, will Kedi be a milestone in Nag's career? Possibly, yes. In years, pundits say, Nag has not done a powerful role as this. Nag is a rare actor whose moves were against routinisation of his career. It was thus he has been seen in breakthrough roles from time to time. Kedi is his conscious decision to follow in the footsteps of the path he has laid for himself, his admirers think.

It will be interesting to see if 2010 opens new vistats for the middle-aged actor.