India, March 31 -- Tovino Thomas has given a major update on being a part of Jr NTR's next film with Prashant Neel. Jr NTR announced in 2022 that they would collaborate on a film. The film, tentatively titled Dragon, went on floors on August 9 with a pooja ceremony in Hyderabad. The makers even announced last year that it would be released in June 2026, but since then, there has been no update on the film.

On Tuesday, while promoting his upcoming Malayalam film Pallichattambi in Hyderabad, Tovino confirmed that he is no longer part of the Telugu film. When he was asked about the film, he said, "It is really hard to allocate dates, so I am not doing it."

He went on to add his stance on the way dates are given for a Telugu film. "I don't ...