The shooting of Gowthami Putra Satakarni, Balayya Babu's 100th got off to a colourful start at Amaravathi. The film is a period pic based on the life of legendary Satakarni and Balayya is doing the lead role. Balayya says the fans have high hopes on him and assured that he would live up to their expectations. He also said that every Telugu should know the history of legendary king Satakarni. Balakrishna revealed that his father late NTR wanted to do the film himself but could not do it. "That I am able to do this film is sheer providence," he said.