After the phenomenal success of Viswasam that starred Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara in lead roles, director Siruthai Siva is back. The filmmaker will be helming Superstar Rajinikanth as the lead in Thalaivar 168.
Thalaivar 168 will be produced by Sun Pictures, who had earlier bankrolled two of Rajinikanth’s successful features such as Endhiran and the Karthik Subbaraj-directorial Petta, which released this year along with Viswasam.
The makers have been keeping the excitement about the film going with consistent updates of the cast and crew of this upcoming film. It was announced earlier that Imman will be composing the music for the film and that actor Soori will play a key role in the Thalaivar 168.Today, it was announced that National-award winning actress Keerthy Suresh will be sharing screen space with Rajini for the first time and now, the makers have confirmed that the very talented actor Prakash Raj (who was last seen in Vetrimaran's Asuran) is also on-board. Check out the tweet, below:
On the work front, Rajinikanth is currently busy with the proceedings of Darbar, which is directed by AR Murugadoss and produced by Subaskaran under the banner Lyca Productions. Touted to be a cop-based action film, Darbar is set to release on Pongal 2020.