Karthik Subbaraj’s Suriya film would show me in a new look: Dhananjay
6 months, 1 week ago

Karthik Subbaraj’s Suriya film would show me in a new look: Dhananjay

Hindustan Times  

He is popularly known as Daali Dhananjay after his character, Daali, in the 2018 film, Tagaru. The Pushpa actor has his new film Kotee with director Param up for release on June 14 and in this exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, the talented actor talks about Kannada cinema, working in the Allu Arjun blockbuster and more. I work as an actor but I have my production house too where I want to produce films for new directors and new talent. If any films work, I am the happiest person because I want every film in our industry to work. This is why I think we need a talent hub, so when there are no star films releasing, there are good films with new talent releasing.

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