South Indian star Malavika Mohanan who was last seen playing a crucial role in Superstar Rajinikanth’s Petta has signed next film in which she will be seen opposite Vijay Deverakonda. According to a statement released by the makers, the film is titled Hero and will be directed by Arvind Annamalai. Deverakonda will be seen playing a professional biker, is expected to go on the floors soon. This will be Malavika’s third film after Beyond the Clouds and Petta. After working in Petta, Malavika had said in an interview to Indian Express that she’s open to working across industries and languages.
She is open to doing films in any industry be it Telugu, Hindi, Tamil or Kannada. There are people in every industry she would love to work with. She is inspired by Mani Ratnam, AR Rahman and even Rajinikanth. Meanwhile, Deverakonda is currently shooting for Bharat Kamma’s Dear Comrade, in which he plays a student leader.
He will soon join hands with director Kranthi Madhav for a romantic drama which will also star Raashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Isabelle De. There are also reports that Deverakonda might team up with Mani Ratnam next for a multi-starrer. A project in their collaboration was supposed to materialize even before Chekka Chivantha Vaanam; however, for reasons unknown, the film didn’t take off.
