Music director turned Hero, Vijay Antony became popular with Bichagadu which was released during summer, 2016. The Tamil dubbed film which was released with zero publicity created sensation at the box-office.
Since then Vijay Antony became a well known face and all his films got dubbed into Telugu too. Now he is coming again with sequel to his smash hit Bichagadu. It is announced that Bichagadu 2 will hit the screens during summer, 2023. Vijay Antony is debuting as Director also with this film. He is also doing music director and editor duties for this film.
The film started its campaign innovatively with 'Anti Bikili' posters. It raised curiosity among the audience and finally they revealed that it is none other than Vijay Antony. But, it is not yet known what exactly is Bikili. We have to wait till films release to known more about it. The first single was released and it has a peppy vibe to it.
Kavya Thapar of Ek Mini Katha fame is playing as female lead in the film opposite Vijay Antony. Dev Gill, Harish Peradi, John Vijay, Radha Ravi, Mansoor Ali Khan, YG Mahendran, Raja Krishnamoorthy, and a few others are part of this star-cast. Vijay Milton and Om Prakash are handling cinematography for this movie.
The streaming rights, both satellite and digital of Bichagadu 2 are bagged by Sun NXT. Vijay Antony's wife Fatima Antony is producing Bichagadu 2 under the banner of Vijay Antony Film Corporation. The film is releasing in theatres during summer, 2023 in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.