Director Atlee is currently gearing up for the festive released of his much awaited sports-drama Bigil, which stars Vijay and Nayanthara as leads while actors Kathir, Indhuja, Vivekh, Anandraj, Jackie Shroff and others play crucial roles.
The big-budget venture is bankrolled by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. In Bigil, Vijay will be essaying the dual role of an ageing patriarch Royappan and football coach Michael. The film reportedly rated U/A with a runtime of 2 hours and 59 minutes.
Meanwhile, our close sources have confirmed that Atlee will be teaming up with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, thereby making the filmmaker's foray into Hindi cinema. The project will be based on a fresh script and will not be a remake of the director's earlier work Mersal, which also starred Vijay in the lead.
In a recent AMA session conducted by Shah Rukh Khan, the actor revealed that he was listening to a few scripts and taking time to finalize on the material. Stay tuned for more updates.