As speculated earlier,
Vijay Sethupathi has been officially roped in to star in superstar
Rajinikanth’s forthcoming massive project with Karthik Subbaraj. The news was shared by
Sun Pictures
, which is bankrolling the mammoth project.
Taking to Twitter, Sun Pictures, wrote, “We are happy to announce that for the first time, Vijay Sethupathi will be acting with Superstar Rajini.” The news comes as a pleasant surprise for Rajinikanth’s fans who are eagerly waiting for the duo to appear on screen together.
Reports suggest that Vijay has been cast to play the prime antagonist in the yet-untitled film. However we await an official confirmation regarding the same. Prior to this, Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's name was doing the rounds for the villain's role.
Anirudh Ravichander has been brought in to compose the music for the film, which is expected to take off later this year. With this project, Vijay Sethupathi has close to 9 films this year.
On the work front, Rajinikanth has two releases this year. His much-awaited ‘
Kaala’, directed by Pa Ranjith, is slated to release on June 7, while the highly anticipated ‘2.0’ is likely to release this year too.