“My Dream Cast Would Be Mahesh Babu…”: David Warner Wishes To Be a Villain in a Telugu Movie

Australian batter David Warner is a fan-favourite in Hyderabad. Under Warner’s captaincy, Sunrisers Hyderabad had lifted the silverware during Indian Premier League 2016. During the lockdown in 2020, Warner started making TikTok videos and Instagram reels on Indian songs and it attracted a lot of attention from his fans.

Talking to Gaurav Kapoor on the show Breakfast with Champions, Warner revealed that when he started making short-form content, he just knew three Indian songs namely ‘Sheila ki Jawani’, ‘Main Tera Hero’ and ‘Chammak Challo’. Later on, some Hyderabadi fans asked him to make a video on the ‘Butta Bomma’ song and it went viral within no time.

Warner has made a lot of content on Telugu songs and his reach is immense as well. During the show, he also expressed his desire to become a villain in a Telugu movie. He also chose his dream star cast which has some really big names from the industry.

David Warner Wishes To Be a Villain in a Telugu Movie

Warned wished to do a film with established names such as actors such as Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandhana. All three of them are prominent stars of Telugu movies. The southpaw said that he would love to play the role of a bad guy in a movie.

“My dream cast would be Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun and a female actress Rashmika Mandhana. She has worked with Allu,” Warner said on the show Breakfast with Champions.

“I will be the bad guy. I have to play the bad guy. That’s my nature.”

Warner is playing for Delhi Capitals now, but he still gets immense love from his Hyderabadi fans. He has often copied the famous hand gesture from Allu Arjun-starer ‘Pushpa’. Apart from Arjun, Mandhana was also part of that blockbuster movie.

Mahesh Babu called David Warner ‘Legend’

Mahesh Babu follows Warner a lot and he even called him a ‘Legend’ after Australia’s victory in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Warner was facing a lot of backlash before the tournament but proved all his doubters wrong after winning the Player of the Tournament trophy.

On a professional front, Babu last worked in the movie ‘Sarkaru Vaari Paata‘. This movie was a super hit and earned around INR 180 crore worldwide. He is currently working on ‘SSM28’ which will be released next year. According to unconfirmed reports, John Abraham will also be a part of that movie.