The film will be directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, who is awaiting the release of the Tamil action comedy Doctor.
Karthik Kumar
Sun Pictures on Thursday announced that it would bankroll actor Vijay’s next Tamil film, Thalapathy 65. The project will be directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and it marks his maiden collaboration with Vijay.
Nelson rose to fame with his Tamil crime comedy Kolamavu Kokila (2018), which saw Nayanthara play a local drug peddler. He is currently awaiting the release of the Tamil action comedy Doctor, which stars Sivakarthikeyan.
Sun Pictures took to Twitter to announce its involvement with the project, which will go on the floors in January 2021.
We are happy to announce Thalapathy @actorvijay ’s #Thalapathy65bySunPictures directed by @nelsondilpkumar and music by @anirudhofficial #Thalapathy65 pic.twitter.com/7Gxg1uwy22
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) December 10, 2020
The rest of the cast and crew is yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, Vijay has the Tamil film Master (2021), where he plays a college professor with a violent past, in the pipeline.
Master, which features Malavika Mohanan, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Andrea Jeremiah, has been produced by Xavier Britto. It marks the maiden collaboration of Vijay and director Lokesh Kanagaraj.
If everything goes as planned, the film will be released in theatres next Pongal. The makers have clarified multiple times that the film will be released in theatres, not on an OTT platform.
A couple of months ago, reports emerged that Amazon Prime was willing to offer Rs125 crore to release Master exclusively. However, they were later put to bed by the film’s executive producer Lalit.
