Parasakthi director Sudha Kongara recently opened up on the thought process behind her latest release. She also spoke about the cameros in the film, revealing that she first wanted Abhishek Bachchan and Vijay Deverakonda to feature in the film. Headlined by Sivakarthikeyan in the lead, the period drama includes special appearances by Basil Joseph, Rana Daggubati, and Dhananjaya, representing Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada cinema, respectively. 

Sudha Kongara considered Abhishek Bachchan and Vijay Deverakonda for cameos in Parasakthi

Speaking to Cineulagam, Sudha Kongara revealed that her initial vision of the film involved actors from different language industries portraying key historical figures associated with the anti-Hindi movement shown in Parasakthi. Hence, she even reached out to Abhishek Bachchan for this. She shared, "Early on, I wanted actors of the respective languages to represent the historical figures in the film. Back then, we wanted to include a lot of such personalities who were part of the anti-Hindi movement. In fact, I even asked Abhishek Bachchan if he would be interested in playing one such cameo in the film."