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Tollywood star Akkineni Nagarjuna, known for his versatile roles mainly as a hero, is stepping into a villain’s role for the first time in his career with Rajinikanth’s Coolie. Nagarjuna will be seen as the antagonist “Nagsa Simon” in the film. He recently spoke about this unique role during a media interaction with the film’s team.

Nagarjuna shared that after playing mostly positive characters for so long, he started feeling bored, which motivated him to take on a villain’s role this time. He revealed that director Lokesh Kanagaraj had to meet him 7 to 8 times to convince him to accept this role. Additionally, this project marks his first collaboration with music director Anirudh Ravichander.

“I was getting bored playing only good characters, so I decided to try something different with this villain role. I was also excited to work with Lokesh and Anirudh. Anirudh composed the track ‘I Am The Danger’ for me, and Lokesh added some random magic to it, which turned out fantastic. It fits perfectly with the bad character I’m playing,” Nagarjuna explained.

He also mentioned that his role is very dark and intense and that he hasn’t even shared details about it with his grandchildren yet.

In the film, Nagarjuna’s character Nagsa Simon is the leader of a human organ trafficking gang. His illegal operations attract the attention of the heroine Shruti Haasan, who raises the issue to Rajinikanth’s character, leading to a major conflict between Nagarjuna and Rajinikanth on screen.

Directed with great prestige by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Coolie stars Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, Amir Khan, Upendra, Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, and others. Produced by Kalaignar Kalanidhi Maran under the Sun Pictures banner, the film is scheduled for release on August 14.