Tollywood sensation Vijay Devarakonda is currently shooting for his next film Liger in Mumbai. The film is aimed for September release this year. The entire team of Liger partied along with Karan Johar in the residence of top designer Manish Malhotra. Bollywood beauties Kiara Advani, Sara Ali Khan along with Rakul Preet Singh and Ananya Pandey are the special guests for the night. Vijay Devarakonda, Puri Jagannadh, Karan Johar, Charmme and others have been present for the party.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan had a fan moment with Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda.
Sara posted a picture along with Vijay on her Instagram Stories in the early hours of Sunday. In the picture, the two are seen all smiles for the selfie clicked. Vijay is seen wearing a grey T-Shirt and Sara looks stunning in a black outfit.
Sara captioned the image with a “Fan moment” sticker.
On the professional front, Vijay’s upcoming film “Ligeris” is set to hit the screens on September 9, 2021. While Sara was recently seen in the OTT-released film “Coolie No. 1” along with actor Varun Dhawan.
She has started shooting for her next, “Atrangi Re”. The film co-stars Akshay Kumar, Dhanush and Nimrat Kaur, and is directed by Aanand L. Rai. “Atrangi Re” is written by Himanshu Sharma and is billed as a cross-cultural love story.
Sensational director Puri Jagannadh is directing Vijay Devarakonda in Liger and the shoot of the film resumes today after a long break. The film is high on expectations and the makers announced that the project will hit the screens on September 9th across the globe in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Vijay Devarakonda plays a boxer in this pan Indian project and Ananya Pandey plays his love interest. Puri Jagannadh and Karan Johar are the producers.
Two big action episodes along with the pending talkie part and the songs will be completed by April. Manisharma is composing the music and background score for this action thriller. The major portions of the shoot of Liger will be completed in Mumbai.
Mythri Movie Makers is now the most happening production house and has films lined up with all the top actors and directors of Telugu cinema. The production house has been in talks with Arjun Reddy sensation Sandeep Vanga for some time. They even produced a film with Vijay Devarakonda in the lead role in the past. Vijay too is committed to Mythri for two more films and they are in discussion stages from the past few months.
The latest update is that Sandeep Vanga and Vijay Devarakonda met recently and discussed about a script. Vijay is quite positive about the project and it is expected to roll next year. Mythri Movie Makers will produce this film. Sandeep Vanga will direct Ranbir Kapoor in Animal that will roll soon. Vijay Devarakonda is busy with Liger and he has a film with Shiva Nirvana lined up. Arjun Reddy combo will happen after the duo completes their current projects.
There is nothing to be said about Vijay Deverakonda as he makes his own statement in his own swag. His attitude is what appeals to the youth and there is no stopping him especially on social media.
On the popular photo sharing platform Instagram Vijay Deverakonda achieved a rare feat that made him the first south Indian actor to touch the milestone. It is having 10 million followers and the number just keeps growing.
Vijay’s Insta handle mostly occupies his personal space. Pictures of his vacation and family are shared often and they get thousands of likes and comments.
On the work front, Vijay Deverakonda will be next seen in a sports drama under the direction of Puri Jagannadh and later he will join forces with Sukumar.
Sensational director Puri Jagannadh is directing Fighter, a pan Indian film that features Vijay Devarakonda in the lead role. The film is a romantic action drama set in the backdrop of boxing. The shoot came to a halt soon after the attack of coronavirus pandemic. Though the shoots of other Telugu films resumed, Puri and Vijay Devarakonda are yet to resume the shoot of Fighter. There are several rumors that surrounded the film that Fighter is shelved due to budget issues.
The real issue is that Puri is not in a mood to shoot with limited crew and he pushed the shoot. Some high voltage action episodes from Fighter will be canned soon. The big news is that the shoot of Fighter resumes from January 3rd and will continue without breaks. A portion of Fighter will be shot in Bangkok with professional foreign fighters. Fighter is aimed for summer 2021 release. Ananya Pandey is the heroine and Manisharma is the music director. Puri Jagannadh and Karan Johar are jointly producing Fighter which is carrying huge expectations.
Tollywood’s young sensation Vijay Devarakonda is gearing up with a strong lineup of films. The actor is working with Puri Jagannadh for a boxing drama and has films lined up with Sukumar and Shiva Nirvana. Vijay Devarakonda watched Suriya’s recent release Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra in a special screening along with a batch of his friends and he could not wait to appreciate the film. Vijay heaped praises on Suriya, Sudha Kongara, Aparna Balamurali and others. The actor expressed his interest to work with the film’s director Sudha Kongara soon.
“@Sudhakongara_of – I will work with you soon 🙂 This is me professing my admiration for you as a director” posted Vijay on his official twitter handle. Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra has been receiving rave reviews and several Tollywood celebrities appreciated the film along with Suriya’s performance and Sudha Kongara’s work. Suriya is in plans to release Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra in theatres once they are open. There is huge demand for the Telugu theatrical rights of Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra.
@Sudhakongara_of – I will work with you soon 🙂 This is me professing my admiration for you as a director.
Top class music by @gvprakash, great cinematography by @nikethbommi and so many great performances by the supporting cast!
— Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) November 16, 2020
The Times 50 Most Desirable Men of 2019 in India’s list is out and Tollywood sensation Vijay Devarakonda is the only Telugu actor to be named in the top ten in the list. Shahid Kapoor tops the list and Ranveer Singh is named second. Vijay Devarakonda is third in the list of Top 50 Desirable Men of 2019. Dulquer Salman is the other South Indian actor who got a place in the top ten. Ram Charan (18) and Rana Daggubati (30) are the other Tollywood actors who got placed in Top 50 Desirable Men of 2019.
Vijay Devarakonda who was named fourth in the list last year climbed one place and is placed third this year. Vicky Kaushal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sidharth Malhotra, Tiger Shroff, Vidyut Jammwal are the others who made it to the top ten. Prithviraj Sukumaran, Yash, Nivin Pauly and Sivakarthikeyan are the other actors who made it to the list of 50 most desirable men of 2019.
Hero Vijay Deverakonda is a craziest star among the young audiences. His mannerism, style and attitude are the things that make him a hatke star from his contemporaries. Now Vijay is one of the few Telugu heroes to have pan India popularity and this is also translating into the social media followers too.
On Instagram, Vijay has garnered eight million followers and this makes him the first hero from Tollywood and south India cinema to have such a massive following. Well this is a feat only possible for Vijay and this is consistently growing too.
In his recent to last post on Instagram, Vijay introduced his pet dog Storm Deverakonda to his followers.
On the work front, Vijay will be next seen in dashing director Puri Jagannadh’s action entertainer.
Telugu superstar Vijay Devarakonda has reached out with essentials to over 17,000 middle class families amid the lockdown.
Vijay took to Instagram and shared the “final report” of the work done in the past one month by his non-profitable organisation, The Devarakonda Foundation, which marked its origin in April 2019.
The foundation, up till now, has successfully aided 17,723 middle-class families with their groceries and basic essentials, spending Rs 17,121,103, with the help of his Middle Class Fund (MCF).
Vijay also shared a letter for his “Middle Class Family”.
He wrote: “In 30 years from today, when I am 60 and you are 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, oops. This corona will also be a memory, it’ll be a strange incident that scared us, shut us down, stopped us from shaking each others hands, hugging, where the sound of a cough seemed like an explosion..
“It’ll be memory of something we as a world shared together, how many such memories do we have?. Some will laugh thinking about it, some will become emotional thinking about how hard it was, most will do both..”
“And then, we will also remember how many, who were strangers, came together to help us like we were their own.”
With him are 8515, whom he calls his “middle class family,” and “535 volunteers”, whom he calls “rowdies”.
Right now, Vijay shared, MCF is put on “rest mode”, what with the onset of Lockdown 5.0, which comes with several relaxations.
“Today we put the MCF into Rest mode. As families get back into work, as the cities come back to life, as we spent all the funds we were given responsibility of.”
Vijay in his letter added: “I say rest mode because the MCF is a support system that we have created for a lifetime, it will be activated, up and running if ever a situation calls for its need.”
Vijay Devarakonda emerged as one of the bankable Telugu actors in a quick time. He is busy with an interesting lineup of films and the actor will test his luck at pan Indian level next year. Several Indian actors are making their way into digital space with a wide increase in the traffic for web series and web-based films. Vijay Devarakonda who is currently promoting the Telugu digital platform ‘Aha’ will produce a bunch of web-based projects for the new platform.
Vijay Devarakonda will produce web series on his production house ‘King of the Hill Entertainment’. KVR Mahendra who directed Anand Devarakonda’s debut film Dorasani is ready with an interesting script that impressed Vijay Devarakonda. The cast and crew members are finalized currently. Some other projects are in pipeline and Vijay Devarakonda himself will announce them officially.
Depressed with the acts of a gossip portal for spreading tonnes of negativity against him and Tollywood celebrities, young actor Vijay Devarakonda stepped out with a video message and slammed the gossip portal how he has been defamed. Vijay Devarakonda clearly mentioned about the hard work his foundation has put in this crisis time to help the needy. At the same time, he explained about how badly he was presented through the articles that were published in the gossip portal.
Superstar Mahesh Babu soon backed Vijay Devarakonda for the move with an emotional message. He said that it takes years of hard work for any actor to earn the respect of the people and there would be loads of passion, patience and sacrifice. He said that the gossip portals are spreading misinformation disrespecting the actors just to earn money. Mahesh said that he wishes to support the movie and called up the industry people to act against these fake web portals who are spreading heaps of negativity on the Tollywood actors. Soon, several celebrities followed Mahesh supporting Vijay Devarakonda’s move.
I stand by you brother @TheDeverakonda #KillFakeNews #KillGossipWebsites https://t.co/mk5enwj5Pm pic.twitter.com/ESYodVIQbw
— Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) May 4, 2020
Young actor Vijay Devarakonda took his time, pooled up funds and donated Rs 25 lakhs for ‘Middle Class Fund’ through which he targeted to reach out 2000 families to help them with basic essentials in this coronavirus crisis. Soon, donations poured in and the total fund reached Rs 70 lakhs. With thousands of requests, Vijay Devarakonda’s team stopped accepting the requests and started helping the needy who already applied to receive help. It is during this time, a gossip portal that is known for its mudslinging stepped out with a heap of negative articles against the actor.
The actor lost his patience and released a video today explaining the efforts that his team kept to reach out to the people who are in need and how they reached to the corners of the Telugu states. Vijay Devarakonda said that he is proud to help 7500 families which are mentioned as 7500 people by the website. “Who are you to question about my donation? This is hard-earned money and I would love to donate as per my wish and comfort. Your websites are living on our ads and on the film industry. After I rejected giving an interview couple of days ago, the negative wave of articles started” said Vijay Devarakonda for the articles published on the gossip portal.
He also shared the screenshots of the articles on the screen and he addressed each and every line from the article. He urged people not to believe in this crap and approach genuine platforms that are credible and who work with ethics. Vijay Devarakonda challenged if the gossip portals could donate and help the people who are in need. Vijay Devarakonda also said that several actors like him are suffering for this negativity which turned out to be the daily routine for the gossip portals.
Finally, Vijay Devarakonda shared the glimpses of all those who showered their love after receiving the help from ‘The Devarakonda Foundation’ during this crisis time. He also shared some of the screenshots of all those who donated their part for his foundation.
The other day Vijay Devarakonda made sure that he kept Rs 25 lakhs aside to provide basic essentials for poor families who are struggling to get their daily bread and butter. He targeted to help 2000 families with the amount but after he disclosed the decision, donations poured in. Several of his fans donated to the Devarakonda Foundation through which they could now feed 6000 families till date.
Vijay Devarakonda wanted the needy to visit ‘thedevarakondafoundation.org’ for help. The foundation said that they received 77,000 requests in total and they are currently not accepting any requests. The Foundation is waiting for donations to help more and more families in this crisis time. Vijay Devarakonda also donated Rs 1 crore for ‘Middle Class Fund’ through which the unemployed youth would be trained in professional courses of their choices.
Telugu superstar Vijay Deverakonda has raised over Rs 40 lakh through his Middle Class Fund and says he has “reset” the goal of his charity, what with such generous donation coming in from fans. While he had earlier planned to help 2000 families, Vijay now hopes to help over 4000 families.
The “Arjun Reddy” star took to Twitter, where he shared a spreadsheet showing the amount of donation that has come in, and how many households have so far been helped.
Alongside the spreadsheet, the actor also penned an emotional thank you note.
“Today what I saw was magical. Mass care, Mass love and Mass generosity. Each one of you this miss class fund and its success belongs to you. I promise I will not let you down, we will reach out to each and everyone who reaches out to us and we shall all enjoy the happy smiles that shine back at us.
“In a day you made 25 lakhs into 40+ lakhs. Together we have now reset our goal of 2000+ families to 4000+ families. Today our team was 4, tomorrow we make it 34, so we can reach more people faster.”
“Below is an update of day 1 broad numbers. Everyday 9 PM we will share with you a sautés update, so we can witness impact of what we all are together doing. #TDF #MCF. Note- Households funded today was effected by our training session and 11 AM-12 Noon closure of stores. We will see a jump in families reached from tomorrow on.”
Vijay also shared a tweet from a person, who donated Rs 1 lakh to The Deverakonda Foundation.
The actor replied saying: “Darling, 100+ Families will be reached with your support to #MCF. Bigg hugg”
On Sunday, Vijay took to the social media to make two important announcements.
He wrote: “None of us were prepared for this. But we are fighters. We shall survive this and come out of it strong. This thing hit me hard as well, but I am here now. I am here with my incredible team that never says no to a fight and we are happy to announce a Rs 1.30 cr fund to help as many as we can. All we need is some love, kindness and support and I am sending you all, my love and strength.”
He even posted an 11-minute video clip in which the actor assured that he will provide employment opportunities and take care of the immediate requirements such as groceries and medicine through his foundation.
He also added that he will take care of the immediate needs of more than 2,000 families.
The whole country is under lockdown and people are restricted to their homes. During a recent interview, young actor Vijay Devarakonda revealed about his funny video call conversation he had recently with actor Rana Daggubati. When Vijay interacted with Rajeev Masand, Vijay was asked if he shares a close bonding with Banjara Hills Boys like Ram Charan, NTR and Rana Daggubati.
Speaking about this, Vijay said “They are all seniors but they are very warm towards me. I recently received a call from Rana Daggubati during this lockdown. He is the only actor who called me in this time. We had a video call and he asked how things are going with me during this lockdown. Rana wished to have a girlfriend in this lockdown time in a 3 km radius so that he could spend time during this crisis. We also discussed about our projects and the stuff we watched online”. Vijay Devarakonda’s next film is Fighter directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film marks the actor’s pan Indian debut.
When the whole Tollywood is busy with ‘Be the Real Man’ challenge posting videos from their daily routine helping their families, Vijay Devarakonda follows a new trend. The actor was nominated by Koratala Siva and is asked to post the video for the challenge. Vijay Devarakonda posted a short video from his daily routine. The actor who is away from the shoot is spending ample time sleeping for over 9 hours a day. Vijay Devarakonda seems to have been playing it safe by doing small works at home.
Vijay Devarakonda also delivered a couple of tips for his fans through this video. He nominated Dulquer Salman to carry the challenge forward. The shoot of Vijay Devarakonda’s next film Fighter is put on hold as of now and will start after things calm down. Puri Jagannadh is the director and Fighter marks Vijay Devarakonda’s debut to Hindi. The actor essays the role of a kick-boxer in this action thriller.
Bits of my day in lockdown 🙂
Documented by @ananddeverkonda#BeARealMan challenged by @sivakoratala sir. I would like to extend it to Kunjikkaa @dulQuer pic.twitter.com/8bLAAQYeMo— Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) April 25, 2020
Soon after the super success of Arjun Reddy, Vijay Devarakonda has been receiving calls and offers from Bollywood filmmakers. The actor was keen to make his debut in Bollywood but he waited for the right film. His next film Fighter will get a pan Indian release which is under shoot and is directed by Puri Jagannadh. Vijay Devarakonda is knocked by several Telugu filmmakers and after Fighter, he signed a film for Shiva Nirvana. As of now, he is quite reluctant to sign Telugu projects.
He is well bonded with Karan Johar who promised some interesting projects after Fighter. Vijay Devarakonda too decided not to hurry and will take a call on his future projects only after the release of Fighter. Vijay Devarakonda closed all the doors for Telugu directors as of now. Fighter will release during Dasara this year. Puri Jagannadh and Karan Johar are the producers. Vijay Devarakonda has one commitment for Mythri Movie Makers who should be honored soon as their project ‘Hero’ got shelved recently.
Telugu superstar Vijay Devarakonda has urged fans to use homemade masks and continue to remain safe at home.
“My loves, hope you are all staying safe. Cloth face covering will help slow disease spread. Leave the medical masks for doctors and instead, use handkerchief, use a scarf or your mom’s chunni. Cover your face, stay safe. #MaskIndia,” the actor wrote in his new Instagram post.
Vijay Devarakonda’s view comes at a time when medical professionals are taking to social media, complaining about the lack of PPEs and masks.
Devarakonda isn’t the only star to request fans to stay at home. From Chiranjeevi to Mahesh Babu, the biggest Tollywood stars are posting messages and videos asking fans to follow safety. Chiranjeevi even appeared in a video featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Mohanlal, Sivarajkumar and Mammootty which was shot separately in their respective homes. It gave the message to stay home and stay safe.
On the film front, Vijay Devarakonda has shot a majority portion for his Bollywood debut opposite Ananya Panday. Directed by Puri Jagannath, the film is set to be wrapped up in 2020.
All the shoots across the country came to a halt after the coronavirus outrage dominated all over. Vijay Devarakonda is working for Puri Jagannadh’s Fighter and the recent schedule got wrapped up in Mumbai. Vijay Devarakonda essays the role of a kick-boxer in this action entertainer. The actor is well trained in kick-boxing and he lost enough weight for the role.
He will be showcasing his six-pack abs in some of the episodes in Fighter. After getting an unexpected break, Vijay Devarakonda is working out rigorously to get the desired shape. The six-pack episodes are yet to be canned and Vijay Devarakonda hired a couple of personal trainers to get the needed shape. The shoot of Fighter may start next month and the actor would get ready with his abs by the time.
Ananya Pandey is the leading lady in Fighter and Puri Jagannadh, Karan Johar are the producers.
