India, Aug. 1 -- Vijay Deverakonda is currently on cloud nine, after his Telugu film Kingdom, which released on July 31, 2025, opened to record collections worldwide. Directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, the action drama has brought Vijay back in the limelight after facing a series of setbacks in recent years.

He is now all set to kick-start his next film, directed by Rahul Sankrityan, who previously made Taxiwala with Vijay and Shyam Singha Roy with Nani. During the success celebrations of Kingdom, Vijay spoke about the period film. "I have already moved on to my next. I'm mentally fixed on the character I play in Rahul's film, which is about the unspoken colonial history of India. We start shooting next week, and I'm excited to play a very st...