The long wait is over. Victory Venkatesh is all set to act in a new film as Swami Vivekananda. The film is being jointly produced by Suresh Productions and Bhairav Productions banner.

The shooting of the film will start in the second half of 2012, says the source. The fim will be directed by Bollywood director Mani Shankar of ‘Knock Out’ fame. Currently, the director is giving finishing touches to the script.

Meanwhile, Venaktesh is also planning to launch his son Arjun as a child artist in the remake of Hollywood film ‘Karate Kid’. The actor is keen to remake this film in Telugu with himself playing the role of Jackie Chan. However, nothing has been confirmed as yet regarding this project and the movie may take little while to go live.

Venkatesh is presently awaiting the release of his new film ‘Bodyguard’, which is due for Janaury 12 release.