After a flurry of cast announcements over the last few days, production is underway on Vijay's 69th and final film with a pooja ceremony. Vijay, Bobby Deol, Pooja Hegde, Narain, and Mamitha Baiju attended the function alongside director H Vinoth, as well as producer Venkat K Narayana and co-producers Jagadish Palanisamy and Lohith NK of KVN Productions. The star-studded cast of the film, tentatively titled , also includes Prakash Raj, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Priyamani.
It is the first time Bobby Deol, Priyamani, Mamitha, and Narain are collaborating with Vijay on a feature film. reunites Vijay with Prakash Raj after , with Pooja Hegde after , and Gautham Vasudev Menon after . On the technical front, the film has music composer Anirudh Ravichander.
The makers are expected to announce the rest of the technical crew members for the film soon. They are yet to announce further details about the plot and characters for the film. Reportedly, it is a political film.
Its tagline says, "torch bearer of democracy." Recently, Vijay officially confirmed his foray into politics, named his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, and unveiled his party flag. Thus he has announced his intention to retire from acting and focus on his political career after his 69th film.
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