Hullabaloo or no hullabaloo… It’s all the identical for actor Vijay Deverakonda who went nearly nude in a poster for his pan-India movie Liger and appears fairly unconcerned concerning the controversy it could result in. There have been considerations from the Liger workforce, together with producer Karan Johar, however Deverakonda was decided to go forward with the poster that exhibits him nude and holding only a bouquet of roses.
“I don’t care, if there is hullabaloo or there is no hullabaloo. I don’t mind either,” the star informed PTI in an interview when requested if he’s glad his poster didn’t land him in hassle in the best way that Bollywood star Ranveer Singh discovered himself to be.
Singh’s bare-bodied photoshoot for a world journal had prompted an enormous controversy final month and a number of other circumstances have been filed in opposition to the Bollywood star. Deverakonda’s poster got here out earlier however escaped the identical scrutiny.
The Arjun Reddy star mentioned a number of the workforce members, together with the movie’s producer Karan Johar, have been hesitant to launch the poster as they discovered it to be “sensitive”. “When the promotions have been beginning, I felt I wished to start out with this poster. So, I spoke to Karan and everybody, they usually have been like, ‘Are you sure? Because it is sensitive and people can react. The film is so good that you don’t have to put this out.’
“But I was like, ‘If you don’t put it out, then I am putting it out. So, either you do it in the official capacity or I am putting it out on my page. I don’t care, it is my picture and I am putting it out.’ And they were like, ‘Fine, if you want to do it, let’s do it,’” the 33-year-old actor mentioned.
Directed by Puri Jagannadh, Liger stars Vijay Deverakonda as an underdog fighter from Mumbai, who competes in an MMA championship.
The thought for the poster got here from Deverakonda, who turned an in a single day star after the success of his 2017 Telugu film Arjun Reddy.
“I just get some ideas in my head and if I get excited by it, I do it. There is never too much thought into it. So, it was completely my call just that I felt like and I did it. I have a body, so show it,” he added.
A Film that took my all the pieces.
As a efficiency, Mentally, bodily my most difficult position.
I provide you with all the pieces!
Coming Soon#LIGER pic.twitter.com/ljyhK7b1e1
— Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) July 2, 2022
According to the actor, the tradition of such photoshoots just isn’t new as sportspersons within the West usually pose semi-nude for magazines.
“I watch mixed martial arts a lot and I am a big fan of the sport and actively follow it. So, I know how these guys live their lives, how they behave and what they do and stuff. And a lot of these sports guys have done shoots like this. A lot of these fighters have done shoots for magazines because they are in incredible shape. They do the stuff just for the kick, I guess,” Deverakonda mentioned.
He additional mentioned that he was within the “right shape” bodily and he believed it was apt time to aim one thing related for Liger. “When I used to be in preventing form and we have been doing the common photoshoot for the poster of the film, I went to my director and producer and mentioned I wish to shoot one shot the place I’m simply holding a bunch of flowers as a result of it’s a love story. But this man is a fighter.
“So, it is a mixture of action and love story. Then they were like okay and said ‘If you want to do it, do it.’ We shot it and we kept it. And this was shot like six or eight months ago,” the actor mentioned.
The sports activities drama additionally stars Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishnan and boxing legend Mike Tyson.
Produced by Puri Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur by way of their banner Puri Connects and Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta through Dharma Productions, Liger will probably be launched in theatres on August 25 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
