After delivering commercially flop movie World Famous Lover, now the young and happening actor Vijay Deverakonda has decided to act in action drama and he is keen to have a pan Indian image with an upcoming film Fighter which is being helmed by none other than Puri Jagannadh of iSmart Shankar fame. The makers have brought Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey on the board to play the love interest of Arjun Reddy star . Now according to the latest report, Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty is roped in for a crucial role in Puri’ directorial venture Fighter and he will be seen essaying the role of Vijay Deverakonda’ father.
The sources close to Puri Jagannadh revealed that Suniel Shetty’ role has enough prominence so the director approached Dilwale actor for the role. Ramya Krishnan is playing the crucial role in Fighter. The shoot of Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Pandey starrer resumes from the month of November in Bangkok.
Though the Telugu version of Fighter is being bankrolled by Puri Jaganandh and Charmee Kaur whereas its Hindi version is presented by Baahubali distributor Karan Johar.
The reports are coming that Dil Raju has also approached Vijay Deverakonda to play the lead role in his production venture which will be helmed by Boyapati Srinu.