'Thalapathy' Vijay's 66th film titled 'Varisu'

22 June,2022 08:24 AM IST |  Chennai  |  mid-day online correspondent

The title announcement was timed to coincide with the birthday celebrations of Vijay, whose birthday falls on Wednesday

Picture courtesy/Sri Venkateswara Creations`s Twitter account


Actor Vijay's much-awaited 66th film, which is being directed by Vamshi Paidipally, has been titled 'Varisu' and will hit screens for Pongal 2023, the makers announced on Tuesday.

The title announcement was timed to coincide with the birthday celebrations of Vijay, whose birthday falls on Wednesday.

The film's title 'Varisu' means 'Successor' or 'Heir' in Tamil. Interestingly, the title poster has the tagline, 'The Boss Returns'.

Sri Venkateswara Creations, the production house producing the film, tweeted the title look of the film, saying 'The Boss returns as #Varisu'.'

The unit of the film, which has Rashmika Mandanna playing the female lead, on May 26 had announced that it had concluded shooting a schedule in which several important sequences for the film had been shot and that they were super excited to start the next schedule soon.

Along with Vamshi Paidipally, Rambabu Kongarapi is co-directing this film. The film has music by Thaman, cinematography by Karthik Palani and editing by National Award winning editor K L Praveen.

On Rashmika Mandanna's 26th birthday, the makers of Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming 66th film have announced that the actor has joined the cast as the leading lady.

The film is yet to go on floors. More details of the film are awaited. Meanwhile, Rashmika's upcoming lineup of films includes 'Mission Majnu' with Sidharth Malhotra and 'Animal' with Ranbir Kapoor.

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