New Delhi: Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday are busy promoting their upcoming film ‘Liger’. During one of the promotional events at a suburban mall in Mumbai, the crowd was uncontrollable and went berserk after seeing Vijay Deverakonda.
On Sunday evening, a huge crowd had gathered at the Nexus Seawoods mall in Navi Mumbai to catch a glimpse of the actors. It went out of control and due to a stampede-like situation the actors had to leave leaving the event mid-way. According to the videos going viral on social media, a fan also fainted at the event.
After leaving the event mid-way, Vijay Devarakonda took to Instagram and wrote a note for his fans who were present at the mall for a glimpse of him. He wrote, Your love has touched me. Hope you all are safe and back home. Wish I could have been there with you all so much longer. Thinking about you all as I go to bed. Goodnight Mumbai."
Dharma Productions, one of the banners behind the upcoming movie, in a brief statement said the team had to leave the event midway due to safety concerns.
"Team #Liger is overwhelmed with all the love that you showered on us today at our mall visit in Navi Mumbai. We would like to thank everybody who came to support us.
"Unfortunately, we had to leave midway for the safety of everyone, but the massive turnout just reinstates the love you have showered on us and we would like to send the same love manifold to all our amazing fans! Hope everyone is safe," the production house said in the statement.
Directed by Puri Jagannath, ‘Liger’ marks Vijay Deverakonda’s Bollywood debut. He plays an underdog fighter from Mumbai, who competes in an MMA championship.
The film also stars Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy and Mike Tyson in a cameo. The film is produced by Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur through their banner Puri Connects and Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta via Dharma Productions. It will be released in theatres on August 25 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
(With inputs from PTI)