Liger is an upcoming sports drama starring Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday. The movie will make a theatrical release on August 25, 2022. Days ahead of the film’s release, #Anaconda started trending on social media. 

Fans started addressing Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday as Anaconda. A reply to trade analyst Taran Adarsh’s tweet read, “Lion + Tiger = Liger stars Ananya + Deverakonda = Anaconda”. 

An ET tweet posed a question if Vijay Devarkonda and Ananya Panday are dating. ET also used #Anaconda in their tweet. Their tweet read, “Are #VijayDeverakonda and #AnanyaPanday dating? #Liger #Anaconda #ETimes”.

As the actors began promoting Liger, Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday made an appearance at Karan Johar’s chat show Koffee With Karan 7. Ananya Panday admitted on the show that she tried hitting on Vijay, but he didn’t reciprocate. The netizens can’t stop gushing over their sizzling chemistry and are addressing them as #Anaconda, which started trending on social media. The Arjun Reddy star, when asked if he has a crush on Ananya, replied, “I think she’s extremely attractive”. 

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Liger will mark Vijay Deverakonda’s debut in Hindi cinema and Ananya Panday’s debut in Telugu cinema. The movie is written and directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Dharma Productions and Puri Connects. The movie also stars Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy and Vishnu Reddy. The movie will be released in Hindi and Telugu alongside dubbed versions in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. The filming of the movie began on January 20, 2020, in Mumbai with the tentative title Fighter

Vijay Deverakonda plays the role of a kickboxer who went from being a street boy in Mumbai to become a professional boxer. The actor underwent a dramatic physical transformation for the movie and even went to Thailand to train in martial arts. 

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The movie was first offered to Janhvi Kapoor opposite Vijay Deverakonda but she refused the offer because of her schedule, as per the reports.