In 2016, when
Vijay Antony’s successful Tamil film
Pichaikaran
got dubbed into Telugu as
Bichagadu
, there were hardly any expectations. However, the action drama helmed by ‘Seenu’ director Sasi pulled off a miracle at the box-office by registering some astonishing numbers which shocked the trade pundits as well. Due to the engaging storyline and emotional connect, people thronged into the theaters and during its full run in AP & Telangana, the film raked in over Rs 20 crore.
After Bichagadu, none of Vijay Antony’s dubbed films managed to strike the right chord with the
Telugu audience
. However, the 45-year-old actor is hell bent on bouncing back in Tollywood and impressing the neighbouring audience once again. Meanwhile, after staying out of action for over six months due to COVID-19 crisis, Vijay has recently started shooting for his upcoming political-thriller with Ananda Krishnan of Metro fame and he announced the same on Twitter.
Despite conveying the same to netizens in Tamil language, Vijay Antony posted a separate tweet for all Telugu fans in the local language. Wishing the welfare of all producers, directors and workers in the film industry, he wrote that the shooting of his film will be resumed from September 2nd with all the necessary precautions and guidelines. While not many Tollywood superstars type their Tweets in the home lingual, this special gesture by the ‘Bethaludu’ actor has won the hearts of Telugu people.
Recently, on the occasion of his 45th birthday (July 24), Vijay Antony announced the sequel to Bichagadu tiled as Bichagadu 2. To be directed by
Priya Krishnaswamy who has helmed the national award-winning film ‘
Baaram
’, the story of the film has been penned by Vijay himself during the lockdown. The sequel is likely to go on floors towards the end of the year and it is expected to hit the screens in 2021.
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