'Dear Commrade' Releasing this week: A spiritual successor of Arjun Reddy ?

Dear Comrade will evoke a sense of deja vu if you have seen Arjun Reddy, but I feel that it’s more to do with the impact which Arjun Reddy left on people’s minds. If I could draw a comparison, the moment you see two people stretch their arms and look at the horizon, you will automatically think of the pose in Titanic because the image is etched strongly in your mind. While shooting the film, I didn’t feel that Dear Comrade was anywhere close to Arjun Reddy. Although it’s the same face and voice, the structure of the story and the emotion is totally different if you compare the two films. - Vijay Devarakonda in a recent promotional interview.

Though the agrression and impulsiveness of the protogonist build similarities with Arjun reddy but the story and emotion are different says the actor. In Dear Comrade, Vijay Devarakonda plays the lead role, of a student leader, while Rashmika Mandanna plays the female lead as a cricketer. Putting down speculations, director Bharat confirmed that it is not a remake of Malayalam movie Comrade in America starring Dulquer Salman as the protagonist.

Filmmaker Karan Johar has already acquired the rights of producing a Hindi remake of the film. It will be the second film starring Deverakonda, after Arjun Reddy/Kabir singh to be remade in Hindi language.