Ram Gopal Varma to make acting debut in bilingual thriller Cobra, filmmaker announces on 57th birthday

On his 57th birthday, Ram Gopal Varma announced that he will make his acting debut in Cobra, a Hindi-Telugu bilingual thriller based on a notorious criminal. The filmmaker will play the role of an intelligence officer.

Varma also shared the first poster of the movie, where he is seen alongside KG, who will portray the protagonist. According to the poster, the film is a biopic of “the most dangerous criminal ever.” The film will be directed by Varma and Agasthya Manju (of _ Lakshmi’s NTR -_fame), and bankrolled by DPR under the banner of RGV Gunshot films production.

While the name of the criminal has been kept under wraps for now, the film could be based on Mohammed Nayeemuddin, who was killed in a police encounter in August 2016, reports International Business Times.