‘Cinema Bandi’, a game-changer for actor Vikas Vasishta

With this film, the Kannada actor makes his foray into the Telugu film industry and is open to expand his boundary further

Kannada actor Vikas Vasishta has been in the industry for almost a decade now. And despite acting in umpteen serials and films in Kannada and also sharing the screen with National-Award winning actors such as Sanchari Vijay (in 6ne Maili), his fame was limited. All that changed with the Telugu film, Cinema Bandi, where Vikas plays one of the leads, an auto driver. Produced by Family Man’s Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, Cinema Bandi marks Vikas’s foray into the Telugu film industry. “I met Praveen Kandregalu in 2017 when we were working on an ad in Tamil. A few months later, Praveen said he was looking for a Telugu-speaking actor in Karnataka. I told him I was fluent in the language. We met and had a quick discussion and narration. The film was pitched to the producers, who gave the nod and the shoot took off.” Vikas, says the film is special for him not only because it is marks his Telugu début but also because it is his friend, Praveen’s directorial début.