Have you heard? Sanjay Dutt to be an antagonist once more

Updated On: 13 September, 2022 08:49 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team

Apparently, the script demanded a powerful actor to essay the antagonist and makers felt it couldn’t get bigger than Sanju

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Vijay, Lokesh Kanagaraj and Sanjay Dutt

Never mind that Shamshera, in which he played the tyrant Shuddh Singh, didn’t work commercially, Sanjay Dutt has his KGF: Chapter 2 antagonist Adheera to thank for continuing to make him sought after down south. News is that the actor has been roped in to play the villain once again, this time around in Vikram director Lokesh Kanagaraj’s next, with Vijay. The south superstar plays a gangster in his 40s in the action thriller, tentatively titled Thalapathy 67. Apparently, the script demanded a powerful actor to essay the antagonist and makers felt it couldn’t get bigger than Sanju. Lokesh had been in talks with the Bhuj actor for some time and it is only recently that things were finalised. Buzz is that Sanju is being paid R10 crore for the film. Not surprisingly, with the Bollywood actor on board and Lokesh’s last, Vikram, with Kamal Haasan, having done good business in the Hindi territories, the director is planning to go pan-India with this new movie too. It will also help boost Vijay’s presence beyond the south-Indian realm. Interestingly, the makers are also keen to sign on Prithviraj Sukumaran for a key negative role. Thalapathy 67 is being planned as a Diwali 2023 release.

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