Thalapathy Vijay was last seen on screen in Master that was directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The film featured Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, Arjun Das, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj amongst others in prominent roles.
Post which, it was announced that the actor will be teaming up with director Nelson Dilipkumar of Doctor fame for the very first time and the upcoming film has been titled as Beast. Vijay will be seen pairing opposite Pooja Hegde for the film.
We had earlier reported that Vijay will next be teaming up for a Tamil and Telugu bilingual with director Vamshi Paidipally of Thozha and Oopiri fame, produced by Dil Raju and is tentatively referred as Thalapathy 66.
Now, here comes the official announcement from the director himself. Taking to his social media, Vamshi made broke the marana mass news, “#Thalapathy66... Sharing with you all an exciting update about my next film with The #Thalapathy @actorvijay sir, Produced by #DilRaju garu & #Shirish garu under my home banner @SVC_official.”