Vijay Deverakonda’s reveals his worried mother performed a lot of ‘pujas’ while he shot with Mike Tyson for ‘Liger’ – Times of India

The actor shared, “She did lots of pujas and put vibhuti (sacred ash) and kumkum (turmeric powder) on me before I left for the USA. I’m fine now and her pujas did really work (laughs).” Charmme Kaur, one of the producers of ‘Liger’, added, “She kept telling him, ‘It’s Mike Tyson! Be careful’. She calls him Chinnu. She called me up millions of times and told me to take care of her Chinnu. Once they started shooting, I sent her videos of how they were chilling together and laughing as if they are childhood friends.”

Directed by Puri Jagannadh, ‘Liger’ features Vijay in the role of a professional MMA fighter who stammers a bit. Speaking about his role, Vijay had shared, “I stammer in the film and it added a whole different layer of humour to it. My character’s visually so strong and can fight but can’t even get an ‘I love you’ from his mouth. It also made it even more interesting as to how he does the things that we wants to do and be successful in his life. It was very hard for the first two-three days. But once I got the hang of it, I had a lot of fun with it.” ‘Liger’ is slated for release on August 25.