NEW DELHI: Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is bringing Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda, best known for controversial romantic drama Arjun Reddy to Bollywood with his debut film Liger slated for release on 9 September this year. Dharma announced the date early Thursday morning, in keeping with the trend of producers slowly scheduling theatrical releases. Deverakonda’s sleeper hit has been remade in Hindi as Kabir Singh starring Shahid Kapoor. Liger that is being touted as pan-Indian film will release in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam besides Hindi. It stars Ananya Pandey alongside the south star and is being directed by Puri Jagannadh, also known for a spate of Telugu blockbusters such as Badri and Pokiri.

Source: Mint February 11, 2021 06:36 UTC