After Dear Comrade, Vijay to star in Hero

Dear Comrade star Vijay Deverakonda kick-started his next project

Hero

under the direction of debutant filmmaker Anand Annamalai. The film's opening ceremon, which was held today, was graced by director Siva Koratala. Malavika Mohanan, who has started her career in Malayalam cinema and recently featured alongside Rajinikanth in Peta is making her Telugu debut with Hero. The trio Naveen Yerneni, Ravi Shankar Yelamanchili and Mohan Cherukuri who are producing Vijay's ongoing film Dear Comrade are also producing Hero under the banner of

Mythri Movie Makers

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The film, which sees Diganth Machale, Vennela Kishore, Saran Shakthi, Raja Krishnamoorthy (Kitty), John Edathattil alongside the lead actors has Pradeep Kumar as the composer of the music and Murali Govindarajulu as the director of photography.