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The first look poster and title of Thalapathy Vijay’s next film was unveiled on 21 June (Monday), a day ahead of actor’s birthday.
The film written and directed by Nelson, also stars Pooja Hegde, who made her Kollywood debut with Mugamoodi in 2012.
SUPER DUPER EXCITED to be onboard this grand film with the fantastic @actorvijay ☺️ Can’t wait to start shooting @Nelsondilpkumar @sunpictures @anirudhofficial 😊 Tamil cinema….here I come….❤️😃 #Thalapathy65 #PoojaHegdeInThalapathy65 pic.twitter.com/m7azBUvMkx
— Pooja Hegde (@hegdepooja) March 24, 2021
The cast also includes Yogi Babu, Shine Tom Chacko, VTV Ganesh and Aparna Das.
Produced by Sun Pictures, the music of the film is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. He has previously worked on Vijay’s 2014 feature Kaththi and recently released action-thriller Master.
#BEAST it is 🔥
Happy to unveil the first look of this special film with my favourite and sweetest #thalapathy @actorvijay sir ♥️😘🤗 hearty thanks to @sunpictures 🙏♥️ @hegdepooja @anirudhofficial #HBDTHALAPATHYVijay pic.twitter.com/NcCmUGpZne— Nelson Dilipkumar (@Nelsondilpkumar) June 21, 2021
According to media reports, filming for the project began in March this year with a pooja at Sun TV studio in Chennai.
It was earlier reported that AR Murugadoss would helm the project, but eventually exited due to differences with the production house and the film’s budget.
