Thalaivar 168: Rajinikanth’s next film with director Siva announced.
Rajinikanth will work with Viswasam director Siva in his next film. The announcement of the film, dubbed Thalaivar 168 for now, was made the producer, Sun Pictures.
Sun Pictures on Friday announced that it will bankroll Rajinikanth’s next project with director Siva and that it will be currently dubbed Thalaivar 168.
The production house Sun Pictures, which is joining hands with Rajinikanth after blockbusters hits Enthiran and Petta, took to Twitter to release a video to mark the announcement of the project.
Reports about Rajinikanth teaming up with Siva first emerged when the latter visited the former at his residence in May. Siva was invited over to congratulate on the success of Ajith starrer Viswasam which Rajinikanth liked.
After the blockbuster hits Enthiran and Petta, the mega hit combo of Superstar @rajinikanth and @sunpictures come together for the third time for Thalaivar 168, Superstar’s next movie, directed by @directorsiva#Thalaivar168BySunPictures pic.twitter.com/AL5Z6ryjbG
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) October 11, 2019
The speculations doing rounds regarding director Siva and Thalaivar meeting this morning are not true. The meeting was only to seek his blessing on the success of the former’s film Viswasam which released early this year,” Rajinikanth’s publicist had tweeted.
During the course of meeting, Rajinikanth appreciated Siva for making Viswasam and specially pointed out that he was really touched by the father-daughter relationship angle in the film.
Viswasam, which was the third film in the collaboration of Siva and Ajith, was centred on a father who leaves his violent past to make amends with his teenage daughter.
The film, which also starred Nayanthara, emerged as a blockbuster at the box office and grossed over Rs 100 crore. It’s all set to be remade in Kannada with Shivrajkumar in the lead.
During the course of meeting, Rajinikanth appreciated Siva for making Viswasam and specially pointed out that he was really touched by the father-daughter relationship angle in the film.
Viswasam, which was the third film in the collaboration of Siva and Ajith, was centred on a father who leaves his violent past to make amends with his teenage daughter.
The film, which also starred Nayanthara, emerged as a blockbuster at the box office and grossed over Rs 100 crore. It’s all set to be remade in Kannada with Shivrajkumar in the lead.
The film, which will be dubbed and released in Telugu, also stars Suniel Shetty as the prime antagonist. Actor Prateik Babbar, Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas and Yogi Babu play crucial roles. While Anirudh Ravichander has composed music, Santosh Sivan has cranked the camera.
