Vijay Deverakonda reveals how Rashmika Mandanna-Vicky Kaushal's film enraged him: ‘I recently watched Chhaava and…'
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This weekend, actor and Rashmika Mandanna's rumoured boyfriend Vijay Deverakonda graced the pre-release event of Suriya's upcoming film Retro as the guest of honour. During his appearance, host Suma asked Vijay which historical figure he'd like to meet if he could travel back in time. Hearing this, Vijay replied, 'I want to meet the British and give them two tight slaps. I recently watched Chhaava, and it enraged me. I'd probably take the opportunity to give Aurangzeb two to three tight slaps also. I want to meet so many others like that, just to hit them. Right now, it's all I can think of.'
During the event, Vijay also spoke about the recent terror attack in South Kashmir's Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead. The actor claimed that the solution is 'education'. He went on to state that Kashmir belongs to India and Kashmiris are our own. Vijay further shared, 'Pakistan can't even look after their own, who don't have proper electricity and water. What do they want to do here? India doesn't even need to attack Pakistan because Pakistanis themselves are fed up with their government and will attack them if this continues.' He concluded that we should stand united.
On the film front, Vijay will next be seen in Telugu spy thriller Kingdom, written and directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri.
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