Vijay Devarakonda talks about Kingdom secrets, on Liger failure

Vijay Devarakonda talks about Kingdom secrets, on Liger failure. Vijay Devarakonda is getting ready to entertain movie lovers with his film Kingdom. The film is helmed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. It is known that Vijay Devarakonda got a huge shock on his Bollywood debut when his film Liger directed by Puri Jagannath turned out tobe a  disaster.

On Liger failure, he said “No, I was obsessed with my character, learning martial arts, building my physique to look like a fighter, figuring out the stammer,” he shared. “Everything about the role was so challenging that I completely enjoyed the process of making it.”

He added  “Growing up, I was a huge fan and admirer of director Puri Jagannadh; his film Pokiri with Mahesh Babu sir is one of my favourites, and it was a dream of mine to make a film with him,” he expressed. “I was extremely sad that we didn’t make a better film; it was a great idea on paper that we fudged…but I have zero regret about the film.”

He also shared “It taught me so much and changed me so much,” he noted. “And a lot of what I do now and in the future has some learning’s from the experience of making Liger and the aftermath of its release. I consider it a net win in life.”

About his upcoming film Kingdom, he shared “Kingdom is a thick layered action drama. It is an action drama like the old days, where you get into the emotions behind everything... not just chasing the spectacle. It is a form of cinema that I love watching and so it is a cinema that I am happy to have made.”

He revealed “Kingdom is a film where I first okayed the director before a script. I knew I wanted to work with Gowtam Tinnanuri, he is a terrific storyteller and has a great eye for the way he tells it. His and my paths were meant to cross.”

On the film's completion, he shared  “There are nerves and there is excitement but more than anything I’m happy with what we’ve made. So, there is not much else that I can feel about this movie, other than probably relief that it does well. And the producer makes his money and the people who buy the film, make their money and that the people who made this film for, which is the world, loves it. So, I think all that is left is to feel a sense of relief and satisfaction of finishing a job well.”

On whether Kingdom is made or break for him, he said “Everything makes you a little and breaks you a little. Every experience in life is shaping you... by making bits of you and breaking bits of you. It is all part of the journey.”