Dil Raju’s big revelation; The First choice for Varisu was Mahesh Babu and not Vijay

Thalapathy Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna starrer, Varisu is set to hit the theatres on January 12, 2023, and before its release producer, Dil Raju has shared a big revelation about the movie. Talking to a media outlet, the producer revealed that Vijay was not his first choice for the movie.

The producer revealed that the story of Varisu was written visualizing superstar Mahesh Babu. However, as the actor was currently busy with other projects, the movie was later offered to Ram Charan. Just like Mahesh Babu, the RRR star also couldn’t set dates for the venture. After that. the movie was offered to Allu Arjun and Prabhas as well but as both, the stars were already busy with several other projects, the makers had to approach Thalapathy Vijay.

Coming back to the movie, Varisu is helmed by Vamshi Paidipally and its music is given by S Thaman. Aside from Vijay and Rashmika, the movie features R Sarath Kumar, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Khushboo, Srikanth, Shaam, Yogi Babu, and Sangeetha Krish in important roles and it is financed by Dil Raju under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations.