The movie Valimai was released on February 24 amidst much anticipation from many fans with actor Ajith in the lead and H. Vinoth in the production of Boney Kapoor.
Valimai has grossed over Rs 200 crore worldwide at the box office. The project of AK61, the third collaboration between actor Ajith Kumar, H. Vinoth and Boney Kapoor, was finalized a year ago after the success of Nerkonda Paarvai and Valimai films. Ajith Kumar's 61st movie has started following the movie Valimai.
Boney Kapoor shared the photo on Twitter a few days ago with the first look of the AK 61 film. It featured a photo of actor Ajith in black and white with a dark beard. Boney Kapoor announced the pre-production of AK61.
The pooja of AK61 was held on April 11 at 9.01 am at Ramoji Rao Film City in Hyderabad. Nirav Shah will be working as cinematographer in this AK 61 film. For the third time in a row, Ajith-H. Vinoth and Boney Kapoor has teamed up. Filming of AK 61 is underway at Ramoji Rao Film City. The film stars actress Manju Warrier in the lead role.
Meanwhile, a photo of producer Dayanidhi Alagiri and Anusha Dayanidhi meeting with actor Ajith, Shalini and Anoushka Kumar has gone viral on the internet. Dayanidhi & Anusha posted these photos on their Twitter page.
Mankatha, Ajith's 50th film, was released on August 31, 2011, ahead of Ramadan.
Produced by Dayanidhi Alagiri on behalf of Cloud Nine Movies, the film was co-produced by Sun Pictures and Radhika Sarathkumar's Radan. Ajith played a negative shade in this film and was appreciated by the fans and critics. The film became a trend setter in Tamil cinema.