Thalapathy Vijay's 68th film has been announced officially. Venkat Prabhu is going to direct #Thalapathy68 which is to be produced by AGS banner who earlier produced Bigil / Whistle with Vijay. Reports are doing rounds that Jyotika is being considered to play the female lead and talks are also going on regarding this.
Now, one more crazy rumor is doing rounds about this film. As per Tamil media sources, Director Venkat Prabhu who is an ardent fan of legendary Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni who is also the skipper of Chennai Super Kings in IPL, is planning to rope him into the film. He wants him to play a powerful antagonist in the film.
Though don't know how much truth in this news, it has become a hot topic among Chennai film circles. Venkat Prabhu is known for creating a whacky villain role like Arjun in Mankatha and SJ Suryah in Maanaadu. It is being heard that Vijay will be doing the role of a CBI officer in the film.
Yuvam Shankar Raja is composing the music for Thalapathy 68. Vijay has completed LEO in Lokesh Kanagaraj's direction and is currently on vacation. Once he returns to Chennai more details about his next project with Venkat Prabhu will get finalized.