India, July 29 -- Malayalam actor Venkitesh is all set to debut in Telugu cinema with Gowtam Tinnanuri's Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom, which will be released in theatres on 31 July. At the pre-release event for the film held in Hyderabad on Monday evening, the actor from Kerala bowled everyone over with his speech in Telugu, where he declared that he would like to be a star. Know all about the actor who runs a food truck in Trivandrum, Kerala.

Venkitesh plays Murugan in Kingdom. Introducing him, Vijay recently wrote on social media, "World - I wanted to introduce you all to @venkitesh_vp AKA "MURUGAN". It's just his 4th film, but when i shared my scenes with him, he made me feel like i was in his world. Deadly actor, ferocious eyes ...