Thanks to Ram Gopal Varma's Raktha Charitra franchise, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi got familiar among the Telugu audience and became one of the popular villains. After being away from Tollywood, Vivek is staging a mini-comeback with Ram Charan's upcoming movie under the direction of Boyapati Srinu. It is a known fact that the action sequences in Boyapati's films will be in high-level and roped in Vivek by paying a huge remuneration of 1.25 crores.
The makers of Nani-Nag multi-starrer, Devadas also tried to get him on board to play the antagonist role. However, elated with a high-budget movie, RC12 in his hand, Vivek quoted a fancy figure of 2.5 which is exactly double the pay he is receiving for RC12. However, the makers of Devadas are shocked and dropped the idea of getting him on board.
As of now, there are still in search of a powerful villain in their movie.