From The Mummy’s Imhotep to Sir Theodore Hector: Tracing the career of Ranabaali’s villain | Hollywood News
5 min readMumbaiJun 16, 2026 10:12 PM IST Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna are all set to reunite on screen seven years after Bharat Kamma’s 2019 action romance Dear Comrade with Rahul Sankrityan’s period action drama Ranabaali. The movie, which marks Virosh’s first film together since their wedding earlier this year, is slated to release in cinemas on September 11. The production house, Mythri Movie Makers, on Tuesday unveiled the first look of the film’s chief antagonist, Sir Theodore Hector, who will be played by a familiar Hollywood face. The Mummy villain cast in Ranabaali Mythri Movie Makers shared a picture of South African actor Arnold Vosloo dressed as a British officer, dressed in a royal attire, and holding a golden sword. While the backdrop of the first still has British flags flanked on both his sides, a fort burns in the backdrop of his close-up still. “THE DEMON OF DROUGHT – SIR THEODORE HECTOR From captivating audiences across the world as ‘Imhotep’ in ‘The Mummy’ to embarking on a new journey as the ruthless …
