Naga Chaitanya Replaces Vijay Deverakonda?

Vijay Deverakonda and Tuck Jagadish director Shiva Nirvana were supposed to team up for a project, which was to be produced on Mythri Movie Makers banner. Sometime back, there were speculations that Vijay was not showing a keen interest in the project as he was looking for a pan-India story, while Shiva Nirvana wrote a simple Telugu film with loads of entertainment.

In fact, at one point, there were even rumours that the project was shelved. However, during Tuck Jagadish promotions, Shiva had rubbished those rumours and clarified that his film with Vijay is very much on and that the shooting will commence later this year.

However, the latest grapevine in the T-town is that the Vijay Deverakonda-Shiva Nirvana project is indeed not happening anymore. Apparently, the director has decided to replace Vijay with his Majili hero Naga Chaitanya. Shiva is said to have met Chay recently and got his approval.

Shiva Nirvana’s recent outing ‘Tuck Jagadish’ was panned by critics and audiences for its age-old family drama and emotions. Many felt that the film offered nothing new. One wonders if Tuck Jagadish’s underwhelming outcome has anything to do with the cancellation of the Vijay Deverakonda-Shiva Nirvana film.