Actor Vishal joins Sankranti race

Actor Vishal is joining the likes of Pawan Kalyan and Balakrishna in the Sankranti race with his upcoming film Abhimanyudu. 

A dubbed version of the Tamil film Irumbu Thirai, Abhimanyudu is releasing in both Tamil and Telugu simultaneously during Sankranti. Directed by Mithran, the movie stars Samantha as the female lead. Senior actor Arjun is playing a negative role. “Yes, we are releasing the film for Sankranti,” confirms Vishal. 

Initially, Arya was cast for the negative role, but after a few scenes, he left the film and Arjun stepped in. Interestingly, both Arya and Vishal are good friends. 

“Arya was doing another film and it was very difficult for him to manage two looks. In one, he had to grow a beard, while for our film, he had to remove it. Also, he is successful as a lead actor and didn’t want to play a negative role at this time in his career. I respect his decision,” says Vishal about why Arya walked out of the film. He adds that both are good friends and that their friendship will continue.