A few days back, Bollywood news portals reported that Kill Director Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt is interested in collaborating with Ram Charan, and some discussions also happened between them. The latest reports suggest that Vijay Deverakonda is in consideration for the film, and not Ram Charan.
Before, the Hindi and Telugu media channels even reported that the Bollywood director’s film with Charan has a chance to go on set before the Sukumar film. However, Kill Director Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt officially confirmed that there is no truth in the news, and even Charan’s team also confirmed there are no changes in the actor’s schedule. Buchi Babu’s film will be completed by this year, and Sukumar’s film will take off immediately.
The Rowdy Hero replaces Ram Charan
Now the news from Tollywood circles is that yes, there is truth in Kill’s director being in plans to do a film with a Telugu hero, but it’s Vijay Deverakonda and not Ram Charan. Reportedly, the initial discussions also said to have happened between Nagesh and Vijay.
Vijay Deverakonda targers Pan-Indian Box Office
Vijay Devarakonda undoubtedly has a very large fanbase in Tamil and Hindi along with Telugu. The Liger movie’s Hindi version opened very well in North India, and in Tamil Nadu he is one of the biggest stars from Tollywood, and he just needs the right film to deliver a pan-India blockbuster.
All the films of the Arjun Reddy actor are being made by targeting the pan-India market. His upcoming film, Kingdom Teaser was released recently and received good response. His next film is with Rahul Sankrityan (Taxiwala), which is also a huge-budget pan-Indian film. If everything goes well with Kill Director, then it will be another pan-India project for Vijay Devarakonda.
Even though Vijay Devarakonda’s recent films are failures, the industry people believe he is very much capable of delivering a big blockbuster, and even audiences also feel that. With Kingdom, he is likely to get a big break at the pan-India level. Slowly, Tollywood stars are expanding their market into pan-India level, and Vijay Devarakonda is ready to join the list.