For the first time in his career, Puneeth Rajkumar will be seen making a cameo appearance in a film.

Reports say that the star will be seen in a guest appearance in the Kannada movie Humble Politician Nograj. The film, written jointly by Danish Sait, Saad Khan and Vamsidhar Bhogaraju, is a comedy entertainer that has Danish Sait playing the title role.

With news that Puneeth is playing a small role in the film, there are big expectations among his fans.

However, the team will not be revealing anything about Puneeth’s role in the film until the movie hits the silver screens. This will up the surprise factor and is sure to bring in large crowds to the theatres.

So, what made Puneeth take up this role when he had declined several offers in the past to play cameo roles? Reports say that he was impressed with the role offered to him. Furthermore, his close friends, Rakshit Shetty and Hemanth M Rao, are bankrolling the film in association with Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah.

Directed by Saad Khan, Humble Politician Nograj stars Danish Sait in the lead role with Vijay Chendoor, Sumukhi Suresh, Roger Narayan, Sruthi Hariharan and Srinivas Prabhu playing pivotal roles.

Music for the film has been composed by Sricharan Pakala, Jeet Singh, DJ Jasmeet, Debajit, and Prajwal Pai with Karm Chawla cranking the camera. The film’s shooting has been wrapped up and the post production is happening at a breakneck speed.

On Humble Politician Nograj’s release, we hear from sources that it will be out at the theatres in December and the exact date will be revealed soon. Puneeth Rajkumar’s Rajakumaraa released this year and it turned out to be a big hit. The star has Anjani Putra gearing up for release next.