Chennai
Dressed in a navy-blue blazer, Vijay Deverakonda sports a casual look as his Dear Comrade is all set to hit the screens later this month. “I finished the dubbing for the film only a couple of days ago. Dear Comrade, is a film which has come out the way we wanted it to be. I haven’t dubbed for the Tamil version of the film. A guy named Vasu has dubbed for me and he has done a wonderful job,” the actor begins. The trailer of the film saw Vijay playing Bobby, a student leader. “And it stops there. There is neither political colour in the film nor politically charged dialogues. As a student leader, Bobby questions the system like in the matter of fee structure and amenities for students. He is someone who fights for what he loves in college. Maybe, four years later he might fight for something else. The film doesn’t question any political party or take a dig at politicians. The film is a question for us,” he clarifies.
Post Arjun Reddy, Vijay Deverakonda has become a southern sensation and we ask him if that was the push for the makers to release the film in all four southern languages. “Honestly, we started shooting Dear Comrade as a Telugu flick. Only half way through, we decided that it should be taken to other states because of its content. We felt people across states should see this. My next film is a straight Telugu movie,” he replies.
Talking about pairing with Rashmika Mandanna after Geetha Govindam, he says, “Geetha and Govind were different characters altogether. Bobby and Lilly will be in complete contrast to them. There won’t be a déjà vu. In fact, I have three different looks in the film. It is always nice to be paired with an actress more than once. However, Rashmika can speak Tamil and Kannada but she never taught me any of these languages.”
NOTA was Vijay’s debut film in Tamil last year and there have been no announcements on his second film here yet. “I listened to a bunch of scripts. But shooting in Tamil is exhausting as I don’t have the command over the language. For NOTA, I used to wake up at six in the morning and shoot till six in the evening. Once back in the hotel, I would be given my lines to read for the next day, for which I would have to be up till one in the night. I haven’t taken up any projects yet and I wouldn’t want to reveal it as they are respected filmmakers,” he says. Vijay has a loyal fan base. He says that he gets emotional when he meets them. “The love that they shower on me chokes me up and I get really emotional. I came here without money or fans or family. Now I have them,” he concludes.
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