Liger teaser: Vijay Deverakonda is a ‘slumdog, chaiwallah’ in new type of nationalistic movie

Actor Vijay Deverakonda on Friday debuted a primary teaser for Liger, which has now been revealed to be a sports activities movie about an Indian MMA fighter. “First look, that’s it,” the star wrote on social media, sharing the one-minute video.
Liger teaser introduces Deverakonda’s character — a ‘slumdog’ from Mumbai–who rises up the ranks to apparently compete in an MMA championship in Las Vegas. We see glimpses of his ‘chaiwallah’ previous, and temporary seems at his rowdy antics on the streets. We are additionally proven a glimpse at Ronit Roy’s character, who seems to be his coach. Vijay Deverakonda appears to be carrying his Arjun Reddy aggro within the movie.

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The teaser reveals the expansive scope of the movie, directed by Puri Jagannadh and co-starring Ananya Panday. Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson filmed some scenes in Vegas, however that wasn’t revealed within the teaser.
“We are Indians,” Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger declares in a single scene, and later says, “Wat laga denge (We’ll kick your butts),” as he challenges his opponents. MMA, as a sport, has been underrepresented in motion pictures. Perhaps essentially the most broadly acclaimed instance of an MMA movie is the Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton-starrer Warrior. Additionally, Halle Berry made her directorial debut earlier this 12 months with the MMA movie Bruised, and Nick Jonas appeared in a supporting position within the tv present Kingdom, which was set on this planet of MMA.
In an announcement, Deverakonda had praised the solid and crew for doing a ‘splendid job’ on the movie. “Everyone’s doing their job and everyone’s working hard because they want their career to be successful. They want to do the best. The cinema industry is a very competitive industry where only success ensures survival. If you have to survive, you need to be able to deliver the performance, otherwise nobody can help you after a point,” he mentioned. Co-produced by Karan Johar, Liger shall be launched on August 25 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.