On June 21, we were the primary to report that Thalapathy Vijay will be playing the role of a gangster in his 40s in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s next with a salt and pepper appearance. We additionally found out that the individual sun shades and presentation might be at the strains of Rajinikanth in Baasha. And now, we've got every other one-of-a-kind update on Thalapathy 67. According to our resources, Lokesh Kanagaraj has locked Sanjay Dutt to play the antagonist of this gangster-based action thriller.

“The script demands the presence of more than one powerful villains and who higher than Sanjay Dutt to play one of the many baddies on this yet untitled film. Lokesh has been in communique with Sanjay Dutt for some time now and things have ultimately fallen in location. The actor is been paid a gigantic amount of Rs 10 crore to act within the movie,” found out a source near the improvement, including similarly that Sanjay Dutt’s presence will upload a Pan India flavor to this film.“It’s going to be a Pan India release. Lokesh Kanagaraj is slowly getting reputation in the Northern belt after the discharge of Vikram and he's planning to take matters a notch better with Vijay’s subsequent. It’s a slow and consistent procedure for Vijay as properly to make a mark inside the Hindi belts. This one might be his largest release inside the Hindi market,” the source informed, including that the shooting is anticipated to commence via October/November this yr.

Buzz is, Prithviraj too can be gambling a poor position within the Lokesh Kanagaraj movie, but, our source insists that paperwork is yet to be finished and the Malayalam celebrity is proper now simply on Lokesh’s wish listing. Thalapathy 67 can be focused on a Diwali 2023 release. It would be the second launch of the year for Vijay after Varisu, which is slated for a January 2023 starting.