Vijay
Devarakonda's
pan-Indian
film
with
director
Puri
Jagannadh
is
nearing
completion.
The
movie's
unit
is
in
Mumbai
shooting
the
last
schedule.
With
this,
the
movie's
production
comes
to
an
end.
After
considering
Janhvi
Kapoor
as
the
female
protagonist,
the
makers
opted
for
Ananya
Panday.
Ananya,
daughter
of
Bollywood's
yesteryear
actor
Chunky
Panday
is
making
her
Tollywood
and
pan-Indian
debut
with
Liger.
Several
pictures
of
the
lead
cast
went
viral
on
the
internet
keeping
the
buzz
alive
for
Liger.
Liger
is
being
shot
in
Telugu
and
Hindi
while
the
movie
will
be
dubbed
and
released
in
other
south-Indian
languages.
The
movie
also
stars
Ramya
Krishna,
Ronit
Roy,
Ali,
Makarand
Deshpande,
Shah
Emtiaj,
Vishu
Reddy,
Srinu
Boddupalli,
and
Abdul
Quadir
Amin
among
others.
Mike
Tyson
will
appear
as
himself
in
a
cameo
in
Liger.
The
filming
of
Liger
began
in
the
year
2020
in
the
month
of
January
with
the
title
Fighter.
Owing
to
the
pandemic,
the
production
has
come
to
a
halt.
Later,
the
team
kick-started
the
work
in
the
month
of
February
2021.
The
team
later
headed
to
Las
Vegas
to
can
the
scenes
that
featured
Mike
Tyson.
With
a
song
pending,
the
unit
will
call
it
a
wrap
with
the
ongoing
schedule
taking
place
in
Mumbai.
Puri
Jagannadh-Charmme
Kaur's
Puri
Connects
is
producing
the
film
in
association
with
Karan
Johar's
Dharma
Productions
and
Apoorva
Mehta.
Yash
Raj
Films
is
distributing
Liger.
The
cinematography
is
handled
by
Vishnu
Sarma
and
Junaid
Siddiqui
is
working
as
the
film's
editor.
The
movie
is
aimed
to
release
in
theatres
across
the
world
on
August
25,
2022.