Boxing legend Mike Tyson will feature in Dharma Productions’ much-anticipated film ‘Liger’ starring Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday in lead roles.

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The production house announced on their official Twitter handles that their much-awaited film will also feature boxing legend. The news comes a day before the film’s director Puri Jagannadh’s birthday.

Sharing a video, introducing the master of the ring, the production house tweeted, “Introducing the master of the ring to the Indian screens! Kicked to announce that the dynamite @MikeTyson has joined the cast of #Liger! #NamasteTyson #HbdPuriJagannadh.”

The professional boxer became the youngest ever heavyweight champion in boxing history in 1986 at the age of 20. He is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time.

‘Liger’ was slated to get a worldwide theatrical release on September 9 in five languages – Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam but was also postponed due to the rising COVID-19 cases at that time.

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Earlier in January, Karan Johar, who has co-produced the project with Vijay, shared the official poster of the movie. Vijay plays the role of boxer in the film

Directed by Puri Jagannadh, the film will also feature Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy, Vishu Reddy, among others. It has been co-produced by Charmme Kaur along with the director`s production house Puri Connects.