EXCLUSIVE: Balayya's Lion getting ready

The shooting of Nandamuri Balakrishna's Lion is nearing completion. The shooting is progressing at brisk pace. The next schedule of the movie will begin from February 23rd. A fight and few scenes involving Prakash Raj will be canned in that schedule.
All the songs of the film are complete except for one. The left over song will be canned from March 5th. The entire shooting will be complete by March 10th. The movie will then enter extensive post production phase. The makers are planning to release the film on April 9th or April 23rd.
The first look teaser of the movie was released on January 1st (the stroke of midnight of December 31st) managed to create good interest on the film. Balakrishna will be seen as a CBI officer in the movie. There are rumours that the actor is taking on YS Jagan with this movie.
Trisha will be romancing Balayya for the first time in this movie. Rudrapati Ramana Rao will be producing the film under his SLV Cinema banner. Mani Sharma who gave several chart buster audios to Balayya in the past will be composing the music for this film.