When promoting his Tamil movie Thangalaan, Vikram was questioned at a press conference in Hyderabad if he would be acting in SS Rajamouli’s upcoming project. These are his words.
All eyes are on SS Rajamouli’s upcoming film, SSMB 29, which is tentatively titled after RRR starring Mahesh Babu. Though the project has not yet begun filming, speculations on the cast and crew circulate. Vikram was questioned about his role in the production while he was in Hyderabad promoting his next Tamil movie, Thangalaan. These are his words.
Vikram on SS Rajamouli’s film
Before the pre-release screening of Pa Ranjith’s movie in Hyderabad, the team had a press conference. “Yes, Rajamouli garu and I are good friends,” Vikram said in response to the question of whether it’s true Rajamouli had approached him for a movie. “No, we’ve been talking,” he said in response to the question of whether he had been approached for Mahesh Babu’s movie. We’ve been working on a movie at some point. Not quite, nenu matladale deni gurincho. (I’m not claiming that this is the one.)
While some fans interpreted Vikram’s response as proof that he was in fact contacted for a role in SSMB 29, others said it was ambiguous because the question was posed in Telugu rather than Tamil. “100 confirm Vikram is doing an important role in #SSMB29.. wait for official news soon,” a fan commented on X, the former Twitter. “Vikram ki telugu radhu (doesn’t know Telugu) i think he did not understand the question,” another person said.
August 15 is the day when Vikram’s movie Thangalaan opens in theaters. Malavika Mohanan is also a star in the movie.
About Rajamouli and Mahesh Babu’s film
Vijayendra Prasad, Rajamouli’s father, wrote the script for the untitled movie. Though not much is known about the movie yet, it is billed as an Indiana Jones-style adventure drama. The filmmaker gave a brief speech on the project in March of this year before a special RRR screening in Japan.
“We started my next film,” he said to the crowd. We’re in the pre-production phase now that the screenplay is done.However, we still need to finish casting. The protagonist of the movie is the only one who is locked—the main hero. He is an actor from Telugu by the name of Mahesh Babu (applause). Several of you seem to be familiar with him already. He is really attractive. I’ll bring him here and introduce him to you at the release, hopefully, if we wrap up the movie a little bit quickly. You will adore him too, I’m sure.
