Actor Vijay Deverakonda on Monday revealed that he’s all set to join hands with filmmaker Sukumar for a yet-untitled pan-Indian project.
The actor said he couldn’t wait to be on set with the filmmaker, who is best known for films such as Rangasthalam (2018) and Arya (2004).
An elated Deverakonda tweeted that his inner actor was excited at the prospect of collaborating with Sukumar.
Sukumar - Vijay Deverakonda
— Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) September 28, 2020
The actor in me is super excited
The audience in me is celebrating!
We guarantee you memorable Cinema.. I can't wait to be on set with Sukku sirrr 😘🤗
Happy birthday Kedar, you've been a good friend and you work extremely hard :) pic.twitter.com/9CHIIvcpBw
The project has been announced on the occasion of its producer Kedar Selagamsetty’s birthday.
The announcement poster reveals that the project will go on the floors in 2022. In the interim, Vijay will complete shooting for Puri Jagannadh’s Fighter (2020).
In Fighter, which is eyeing a 2021 release, Deverakonda plays a fighter with a stutter. He underwent mixed martial arts classes in Thailand in preparation for his character.
“The film will be shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi and will be dubbed into other regional languages as well. Besides Telugu, I am planning to dub my lines in Hindi as well,” Vijay had said.
Filmmakers Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta will distribute the film in Hindi.
Deverakonda also has a yet-untitled Telugu project with filmmaker Mohana Krishna Indraganti in the pipeline. The film, which will take off after the release of Fighter, will be produced by Dil Raju.
Sukumar, on the other hand, is still working on his Telugu project Pushpa (2021), which stars Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna.