Bheema: Duniya Vijay & Co. to unveil the lead actress name on THIS special occasion

Having scored a big success in his maiden Telugu outing Veera Simha Reddy, Duniya Vijay is back in his homeland with a bang. The actor-director celebrates his 46th birthday today, January 20th, and as expected, fans were treated to the maiden teaser of Bheema, along with another exciting update concerning Vijay's 29th project.

As it turns out, Duniya Vijay will be collaborating with filmmaker Jadeesha K. Hampi (of Gentleman & Guru Shishyaru fame) for his next and the team took to social media a short while ago to share a formal announcement. From the looks of it, the upcoming film, which is tentatively titled 'VK29', will be a bona fide commercial entertainer that is sure to please all the Duniya Vijay fans.

Speaking to the media following the launch of the Bheema teaser, Vijay shared a few key details regarding the making of the film. "We are done with all portions in Bheema except for mine and the next task is to wrap that up. The pre-production and preparation of my next film with Jadeesha Hampi will get underway in parallel to the making of Bheema and one can expect more updates to come their way in due time," said Vijay.

Bheema, his second directorial, boasts the same flavour as his previous venture Salaga and fans are hyped up about the prospects. As an action drama that is rooted in the crime world, Bheema's cast includes many intriguing names such as Black Dragon Manju, Gili Gili Chandru, Ash Melo, etc. with well-known actors like Cockroach Sudhi and Gopalkrishna Deshpande, too, playing crucial parts in the film. But what about the film's lead actress? Here's what Duniya Vijay has to say about that:

"We are going to announce the name of Bheema's lead actress on Valentine's Day (February 14th). Once you watch the film, you will understand the essence of that particular occasion," he says.

Bheema has been produced by Krishna Sarthak and Jagadeesh Gowda with Charan Raj scoring the music.