India, June 5 -- In all his promotional interviews for his next release Maadeva, directed by Naveen Reddy, Fighter actor Vinnod Prabhakar has been effusive about the platform he was given to show audiences that he can do more than just fight. Vinnod has spoken at length about the fact that his earlier films have largely been about having a set number of fight sequences and songs, which would fetch decent returns for Hindi dubbing rights, but always lacked substance as far as the story goes.

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That, he says, changes with Maadeva, and will be seen in his upcoming lineup as well, which includes films like Lankasura, Nelson and Balaramana Dinagalu. "After Maadeva, there ...