Thanikella Bharani is all set to direct his next film "Bhakta Kannappa" and is happy to announce that Sunil in the lead role. He said that Sunil will just answer this role given his body. Bharani adds that this will be a project for one year and will hit the screens in early 2016. 
Bharani had made an acclaimed film critic Mithunam win awards and is happy to make an historical film. It is known that super star Krishnam Raju scored a huge blockbuster of the same name at the beginning of his career. We have to wait and see if Sunil will be able to replicate the magic at the box office.