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Vijay Deverakonda, who impressed the audience with the off-beat Arjun Reddy, is ready to play a roguish taxi driver in his upcoming Telugu flick, Taxiwaala.
Touted to be a horror-thriller, the film is being directed by Rahul Sankrityayan of The End fame and has Priyanka Jawalkar and Malavika Nair as female leads. G Sreenivas Kumar is bankrolling the film.
Here’s the teaser:
Offbeat
Sir, directed by Rohena Gera and starring Tillotama Shome and Vivek Gomber, has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s the Critics’ Week sidebar. The film examines the existing class divide in India while exploring the relationship between a domestic help and her employer.
So excited to hear that our film #Sir by @RohenaGera is part of Cannes Critics week!!! What! Surreal central. A film with my dear friend and co actor #vivekgomber . A first for us all, but we will try and behave. #Cannes2018 #criticsweek #semainedelacritique #ItsReal https://t.co/dCl3EEHY0W
— Tillotama Shome (@TillotamaShome) April 17, 2018
