Director Samudra as hero?

Popular director V. Samudra who has directed films like Simharaasi, Mahanandi, Tiger Harishchandra Prasad etc is going to play the role of hero in the near future according to some sources in film industry. Samudra's last film was Yevadaithe Nakenti which was a commercially successful movie. He is presently doing the film Vijayadasami with Nandamuri Kalyanram as hero.