Thalapatthy Vijay and director Atlee's Bigil festival had started on the big-screens yesterday (25th October) and it is going strong. The film features Nayanthara as the female lead and Jackie Shroff, Vivekh, Yogi Babu, Anandraj, Daniel Balaji, Kathir and others in prominent roles.
The film is bankrolled by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment.On the technical front, Bigil is shot by 'Mersal' cinematographer G.K. Vishnu while Ruben and Muthuraj handles the editing and art departments respectively. While Oscar Nayagan AR Rahman has composed the music.
It is a known fact that Vijay has a huge fan-base in the neighbouring state Kerala too and it has reflected in the first day box-office collections of the film. The gross is said to be around 4.8 crores in the first day alone and what's exciting about the numbers is that, this is said to be the highest grossing other-language film of the year in Kerala. Podra Vediya!
Thalapathy Vijay will be seen next in Kaithi director Lokesh Kanagaraj's next with Vijay Sethupathi and a star ensemble cast. The film is bankrolled by XB Films Creators and will feature Anirudh's music.