South
sensation
Vijay
Deverakonda
became
an
overnight
sensation
with
his
angry
man
act
in
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga's
2017
Telugu
film
Arjun
Reddy
and
followed
it
with
films
like
Geeta
Govindam,
Dear
Comrade
and
World
Famous
Lover.
Now,
the
handsome
hunk
is
all
set
to
take
the
Hindi
film
industry
by
storm
with
Puri
Jagannadh's
upcoming
pan-India
film
Liger
which
is
bankrolled
by
Karan
Johar's
Dharma
Productions
and
Puri
Connects.
Meanwhile,
the
latest
buzz
is
the
tinsel
town
suggests
that
Vijay
has
already
bagged
his
second
Bollywood
flick
even
before
Liger's
theatrical
release.
And
guess
what,
the
South
star
will
be
seen
romancing
none
other
than
Bollywood
beauty
Katrina
Kaif.
Recently,
the
Tiger
Zinda
Hai
actress
started
following
Vijay
Deverakonda
on
Instagram
which
added
more
fuel
to
these
rumours.
Earlier,
in
an
interview
with
BollywoodLife,
Vijay
Deverakonda
had
opened
up
on
how
working
in
Mumbai
feels
different
than
working
down
in
South.
The
actor
had
cited
an
example
of
working
with
Ananya
in
Liger
and
said,
"When
I
am
next
to
Ananya,
I
don't
feel
new.
I
feel
like
a
senior
since
she's
just
22-year-old.
When
I
am
back
home
in
Hyderabad
I
feel
like
a
king.
But
when
I
am
next
to
Ananya,
I
feel
like
I'm
old."
Speaking
about
Liger,
the
romantic
sports-action
film
has
Vijay
essaying
the
role
of
a
kickboxer
while
Ananya
Panday
plays
his
love
interest.
The
movie
which
also
stars
Ramya
Krishnan
and
Ronit
Roy
in
pivotal
roles,
is
slated
to
release
on
September
9,
2021
in
cinema
halls.
On
the
other
hand,
Vijay's
rumoured
on
screen
lady
love
Katrina
Kaif
has
some
exciting
projects
lined
up
which
include
Sooryavanshi,
Tiger
3,
Phone
Bhoot
and
Sriram
Raghavan's
next
with
Vijay
Sethupathi.