Many questions were raised when Vijay Sethupathi accepted the role of the villain in Thalapathy Vijay's 'Master' with most feeling that his image as a hero would be affected. On the contrary after the film's release and achieving blockbuster status the bold actor's stock has risen even higher.

It is whispered in Bollywood trade circles that VJS has been paid a whopping 55 Crores rupees for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video web series 'Sunny' directed by Raj and DK. Now the Makkal Selvan is all set to make another big splash in Tollywood as he takes on another ruthless villain avatar in the upcoming movie 'Uppenna'.

Junior NTR just released the trailer of 'Uppenna' in which Vijay Sethupathi plays a caste fanatic Rayan and the shots show him in riveting sadism. What is more that he is playing father to the heroine as well something which he has never done before and should be a treat for his fans.

Megastar Chiranjeevi's nephew Panja Vaisshnav Tej makes his debut in 'Uppenna' and is romancing Krithi Shetty. The film is directed by Buchi Babu and is produced by director Sukumar. The flick is hitting the screens on February 12th worldwide.