Nani's film 'Middle Class Abbayi' is going to have an artiste with theatre background in a crucial role. He is Vijay Varma of 'Pink' (Hindi) fame.

Vijay was approached by director Venu Sriram with the role. This is going to be the actor's first important film down South. After years of playing not-so-significant roles in small-time films, Vijay last year bagged Amitabh Bachchan-Taapsee Pannu's 'Pink', which has changed his career graph ever since. Such is his passion for acting that, he had ran away from home to enroll himself at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India when he wanted to become an actor.

Doing a Dil Raju film is definitely something he will look out for. 'MCA' stars Sai Pallavi as the female lead.