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AA22xA6: Deepika Padukone to play fierce warrior in Allu Arjun-Atlee's magnum opus; fans say, 'Learn ethics and values to respect a women Sandeep Reddy Vanga'
Soon after this video, Deepika's fans started slamming Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who had recently replaced the actress with Triptii Dimri in his movie, Spirit, featuring Prabhas. read more
After Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Kalki 2898 AD, Deepika Padukone has bagged yet another mega pan-India film in the form of AA22xA6, which features Allu Arjun and directed by Atlee.
A few moments back, makers of the film Sun Pictures shared a video of Deepika having a conversation with Atlee where they are talking about her character of a fierce warrior and captioned it, 'The Queen marches to conquer!❤🔥Welcome onboard @deepikapadukone ✨ #TheFacesOfAA22xA6. #AA22xA6 - A Magnum Opus from Sun Pictures💥.'
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Soon after this video, Deepika's fans started slamming Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who had recently replaced the actress with Triptii Dimri in his movie, Spirit, featuring Prabhas.
While one fan commented, 'That's how a director respect queen Deepika,' another netizen wrote, '#sandeepreddyvanga see this is her versatility, reputation and Range. Learn ethics and values to respect a women. Not directing a film where feminine should be used to disgraced and harrassed by masculine power." 'I have never seen the announcement for a female lead like this. This is fireee…Go DP,' commented another user.
There were also supporters of Vanga, who defended the filmmaker as one wrote, 'Deepika only crying when vanga will post spirit it will break the entire community of feminist and internet . See u soon spirit will arrive'
'Not 20% share in profit, not 20 crore remuneration, not just only 6 hours of work and not just accepting to tell her own dubbing… What she did was revealing his storyline and degrading a young artist like Tripti Dimri using her PR.. That's when Sundeep Vanga entered the conversation and posted about her without even mentioning her name..,' commented another user.
The project is set to go on floors later this year, with further details on the cast, crew, and release schedule to be announced soon.
Expressing his excitement on collaborating with Allu Arjun and Sun Pictures, Atlee said, 'This is the film I've always dreamed of making. It's taken years of quiet work to shape the screenplay into something I truly believe in. To now bring it to life with the Icon Star Allu Arjun Sir, under the visionary leadership of Kalanithi Maran Sir at Sun Pictures, is nothing short of a dream come true. The film is mass at its core and magical in its storytelling, crafted to move and entertain audiences everywhere.'
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