Liger star Vijay Deverakonda speaks on the North vs South debate and says ‘Both industries have always been working with each other’

South star Vijay Deverakonda is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Puri Jagannadh’s Liger. Produced by Dharma Productions, the film also stars Ananya Panday and Ramya Krishnan in lead roles. Recently, Vijay and Ananya arrived for their film Liger’s trailer launch in Mumbai.

At the launch, Vijay spoke about the movie and referred to it as a dream come true. When questioned about if his appearance in Hindi films will benefit Bollywood or the South Indian film industry. He replied, “I see it as me getting to live a dream. A personal dream in my career. I love telling stories and I love telling them to huge audiences and huge auditoriums. What bigger auditorium than India, so I just see it as a personal dream and ambition coming to life.”

The Arjun Reddy star also shared his opinion on the distinction between the north and south, which has recently come up in the debate. He shared, “Actresses have worked in the south. Anil Kapoor sir debuted down south. Directors have been making films up north. Sridevi ma’am has been a south actor. Now it’s loud, but the industry has always been working with each other. It’s just that now we are doing cinema that the entire country watches and it’s about time that this happens,”

Further, concluding on the topic, he said, “I am looking forward to the day when it is no longer called north and south but Indian cinema and Indian actors. That is what we should look towards.” Liger is slated to release in theatres on August 25, 2022. The film will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil.