Puri Jagannadh Says Karan Johar Suggested Ananya Panday’s Name For Vijay Deverakonda-Starrer Liger

Puri
Jagannadh’s
Liger
featuring
Vijay
Deverakonda
and
Ananya
Panday
is
all
set
to
hit
the
theatres
on
August
25,
2022,
and
their
fans
are
super
excited
to
see
them
together
on
the
silver
screen
for
the
very
first
time.
Interestingly,
Liger’s
trailer
was
super
hit
among
the
audience
and
they
are
predicting
that
the
film
will
set
the
box
office
on
fire.

Amid
all
the
hullabaloo,
Puri
Jagannadh
opened
up
about
the
film’s
casting
during
his
interaction
with
the
media.

He
said
that
Liger
is
a
huge
budget
film
because
of
multiple
fight
scenes
and
he
had
to
shoot
it
at
an
international
level.
Owing
to
the
same
reason,
he
brought
many
foreign
fighters
on
board.

“Since
we
were
spending
so
much,
we
chose
to
go
pan-India
and
in
fact
global.
Then
we
approached
Karan
Johar
for
the
collaboration.
He
then
suggested
casting
Ananya
in
the
film,” shared
Puri.

When
asked
how
Mike
Tyson
agreed
to
be
a
part
of
the
film,
he
said,
“Speaking
of
Mike,
a
role
was
already
written
in
the
script
for
someone
like
him.
And
during
the
table
read
sessions,
we
all
needed
someone
like
Mike.
And
then
we
felt
why
do
we
need
‘someone’
like
him,
why
not
go
ahead
and
cast
him
instead?
I
think
that
was
one
of
the
best
decisions
collectively
we’ve
made.
It
wasn’t
an
easy
job
to
get
him
on
board.
It
actually
took
one
year
to
sign
him.”

Puri
went
on
to
add
that
Liger
is
a
complete
package
of
classy
and
massy
acts,
and
he
is
hoping
that
the
film
will
be
a
hit.

Apart
from
Vijay,
Ananya
and
Mike,
Liger
also
stars
Ramya
Krishnan
in
a
pivotal
role.

While
Vijay
plays
a
kickboxer
with
a
stutter,
Ramya
plays
his
mother
and
Ananya
his
love
interest.
Mike
will
be
seen
as
an
antagonist
in
the
film.