Vijay Deverakonda ADMITS To Facing Severe Backlash For Adding ‘THE’ To His Name; Says, “I Was Probably The Only One…”

Several stars in the South Indian film industry carry iconic titles such as Thalapathy and Thalaivar. However, Vijay Deverakonda recently faced criticism after simply adding ‘The’ tag before his name. Reflecting on the incident, Vijay recalled the backlash and has now decided to drop the article.

Vijay Deverakonda Reveals Facing Criticism For Using THE Tag In His Name

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Vijay addressed the criticism and shared his feelings about labels like “Southern sensation.” Speaking about the controversy, he explained, “That was a whole situation in itself. There was a crazy amount of backlash because ‘The’ was added to my name. Interestingly, no other person has ever received backlash for something like that. You can have any name—from Universal Star to People’s Star. And people younger than me, older than me, those who debuted before me, everyone has a tagline. I was probably the only one without one. Nobody else gets backlash.”

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During the promotions of Liger, Vijay revealed that his team had encouraged him to adopt a tag, as people had already begun coining their titles for him. Although he initially resisted, preferring to be recognised simply by his name. He eventually gave in, noting that the media had started calling him the “Southern sensation,” the “Rowdy star,” and other monikers.

He added, “Then they (his team) said, ‘We’ll use this Southern sensation,’ and I replied, ‘I’m not a Southern sensation, I’m from India. I want to be known by India, at the very least, someday.’ I felt everything was limiting. And, I want to be known as Vijay Deverakonda, and if you do need a tag, ‘The’ is enough. But people were like, ‘How can you put ‘The’?’ I was like, the whole point of ‘The’ was that I didn’t want a tag. If people don’t want it, chop it off.”

Vijay also shared that he has now instructed his team to remove ‘The’ from his name. And confirmed that he won’t be credited as ‘The Vijay Deverakonda’ in his upcoming film Kingdom.

Vijay’s Upcoming Film

Kingdom is a Telugu-language spy action thriller directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. Produced by S. Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya under Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas, the film also stars Satyadev and Bhagyashri Borse. It is the first part of a planned duology and is scheduled for release on July 31.

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