Naveen Polishetty and Vijay Deverakonda started their film journey with the same film Life Is Beautiful directed by Sekhar Kammula. Although Abijeet who played the lead role in the film failed to make his mark in the industry, Vijay Deverakonda became a promising actor with back to back hits, while it took some time for Naveen to get ahead.
Now, with Jathi Ratnalu turning out to be a massive blockbuster, comparison started between Vijay Deverakonda and Naveen Polisetty that who is the bigger star among the two. While some feel Vijay Deverakonda scored good hits and is testing his luck at Pan India level with Liger, others opine Naveen Polishetty is popular among south and north audiences.
The success of Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy brought enormous fans frenzy to Vijay who later scored biggest hit of his career with Geetha Govindam. He hopes to make it big in Bollywood with the Puri Jagannadh directorial. However, Vijay Deverakonda is sticking to mostly aggressive roles. In order to reach next level, he needs to try different genre entertainers.
On the other hand, everything did not happen overnight for Naveen Polishetty. He did small roles in films like D For Dopidi and 1 Nenokkadine. The success of Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya and Chhichhore turned a game changer for Naveen who is now enjoying the success of Jathi Ratnalu.
Naveen Polishetty isn’t sticking himself one particular genre or character. He looks flexible in comedy as well as serious roles. Although he is very good at comedy, he was cool in emotional scenes in Agent.
Vijay Deverakonda attended the pre-release function of Jathi Ratnalu, besides playing a cameo in the film. Hope, both the actors who have their own strengths and weaknesses continue to deliver hits in their career and reach next level of stardom!