Vijay Deverakonda confirms Liger sequel is on the cards, Details inside

Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday are currently busy promoting their upcoming film Liger. Vijay will be making his Bollywood debut with the same. Vijay plays the role of a boxer whereas Ananya plays his love interest. Vijay and Ananya’s chemistry has already won hearts. Liger is slated to release on August 25. Ahead of the film’s release, Vijay has shared some exciting news. The actor has revealed that Liger sequel is on the cards.

Speaking with Pinkvilla, Vijay said, “We are thinking of a sequel for Liger but it will take some time.”

 

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Apart from Vijay and Ananya, Liger also stars Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy, Vishu Reddy among others. Liger is helmed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Karan Johar. Recently, during a media interaction, Liger director Puri Jagannadh revealed that Ananya was not the first choice for Liger. He revealed, “I am a big fan of Sridevi ji. And I wanted to cast Janhvi (Kapoor) for the role. But then the dates weren’t available.”

Not just that, as he also went on to reveal that for Vijay’s next ‘Jana Gana Mana’, his first choice was Janhvi Kapoor. He had approached her with a script but the dates clashed again.

Janhvi has interesting projects in the pipeline. The actress will be seen in Mr and Mrs Mahi with RajKummar Rao. She also has Bawaal with Varun Dhawan. Janhvi also has Mili.

Talking about Ananya, she will be next seen in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan with Adarsh Gourav and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

 

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Mamta Naik

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