Vijay Kumar, popularly known as Sandalwood Salaga, is gearing up for his next project. The film, temporarily called VK28, will bring together the actor-director and Bairagee producer Krishna Sarthak and Jagadeesh Gowda.

The yet-to-be-titled film is based on a real-life incident. Whether or not the film will be helmed by Vijay Kumar will be announced on March 1 - on the occasion of Shivaratri.

Vijay, popularly known as Duniya Vijay, is also making his debut in Telugu. He plays the antagonist in Nandamuri Balakrishna’s upcoming film directed by Gopichandh Malineni.