

Popular Tamil director Atlee is best-known for his collaboration with South star Vijay and has made blockbuster films like Bigil, Mersal and Theri. It is the story of a middle-aged cricketer who goes back to the sport as a promise to his son. The Hindi version of Jersey stars Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur in lead roles. Gowtam Tinnaur, who is best known for the Telugu film Jersey starring Nani, is directing its Hindi remake. It is being produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions. The film stars Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday in the lead role. Puri Jagannadh, who is best known for Telugu films such as iSmart Shankar and Pokiri will be making his Hindi debut with the multi-lingual film Liger. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani and is streaming on Amazon Prime. The filmmaker, known for Arrambam and Billa, has received a lot of appreciation for his work in Shershaah. A biopic of Kargil War hero and martyr Vikram Batra, the film quickly won over the audience.

On August 12, Vishnuvardhan’s Bollywood directorial debut Shershaah was released.

Through Hindi movies or multi-lingual features, these filmmakers are expected to bring some amazing work to the industry. Similarly, there are many celebrated South Indian filmmakers who are making their Bollywood debut in 2021. With the rise of Pan-Indian films many actors and directors will collaborate with each other irrespective of the boundaries of region and language. While a lot of successful Bollywood stars first found their beginning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industries, a new trend indicates that there will be a lot of Bollywood stars who are making the jump to the South Indian film industries.
