Steel City ba­ckdrop for Venky’s next

Known to experiment with his looks, Victory Venkatesh would be doing something similar with his as-yet-untitled next, a remake of ‘Saala Khadoos'. “He is growing his beard and is also hitting the gym,” said Daggubati Suresh Babu, producer and Venky’s elder brother, when contacted.

Venky would be reprising the part that was essayed by R Madhavan. The Tamil-Hindi actor was seen as a raging disgraced ex-boxer who picks up a foul-mouthed uncouth boxer (Ritika Singh) for training into championship.

When asked whether there are chances for the veteran to sport six-pack abs, the Suresh Productions head honcho noted, “No six-pack abs as such but he would be required to look like a boxer.”

Suresh further said the film will mostly roll in early September and it would be predominantly shot in Visakhapatnam. “The plan is to shoot it at a stretch,” he pointed out. While the original production house Y Not Studios will produce the Telugu version, Suresh said he will be associating with it in some capacity.