Going pan-India with Puri Jagannadh's next: Vijay Deverakonda

"Arjun Reddy" star Vijay Deverakonda, who will be making his Bollywood debut with director Puri Jagannadh's bilingual film, says he is looking forward to play a fighter with stutter in his maiden pan-India project. Tentatively titled "Fighter", film is being simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi.

"I've started shooting for my first pan-Indian film with Puri Jagannadh... It's a project that required me to undergo drastic physical transformation and I've been working n-stop to pull off character. I play a fighter and role required me to learn mixed martial arts," Vijay told PTI.

30-year-old actor also confirmed that he will dub his own lines for Hindi version which will be presented by Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta. film will also be dubbed in or south Indian langus. project marks first collaboration of Deverakonda and Jagannadh, who is best kwn for films such as Mahesh Babu-starrer "Pokkiri" and Amitabh Bachchan-fronted "Bbudadh... Hoga Terra Baap".

Vijay said "Fighter", with which he will be chasing his dream of country-wide stardom, would be beginning of a new phase in his career. "I feel I've slowly started changing and this is beginning of a new phase in my career. With each of my upcoming releases, I want to surprise my fans. I really want to rule Indian cinema," he said.

Talking about his latest release "World Famous Lover", Vijay confirmed that it'll be his last love story as he's shifting his focus on or genres. This is one of hardest films of my career. I'm aware of comparisons with 'Arjun Reddy' and I didn't mind because this will be last love story of my career. I've played three different avatars in film, which was emotionally and physically more exhausting than I'd imagined, he added.

World Famous Lover, directed by Kranthi Madhav, opened in atres last week to mixed response. film also stars Raashi Khanna, Aishwarya Rajesh, Carine Tresa and Isabelle Leite. Having charted his own path in a cut-throat industry without any backing, Vijay said he's finally living his dream. "Be it about doing my kind of films and chasing pan-India dream, or producing a film, or launching a clothing line or buying a home, I am living my dream. I am slowly trying to influence and change a generation, and if you tice, youngsters love me for what I do, he said.