Thalapathy Vijay to play gangster in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s next? director drop key sign

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is on a roll with his back-to-back hits. After impressing fans with his directorial debuts Master and Vikram, Lokesh’s cinematic multiverse vision is still no stop. The dream team of Master, Lokesh and Tamil Superstar Vijay will be together again. His upcoming project has been tentatively named Thalapathy 67. While there is a huge curiosity among Vijay’s fans to know what is in store for him, Lokesh recently confirmed in a press meet that his next project is going to be in the gangster genre, reports Pinkvilla.

When Lokesh was asked about an update regarding his upcoming project, the filmmaker replied, “I will direct that gangster story going forward.” Reportedly, Lokesh had earlier written this script for superstar Rajinikanth, but there is no official confirmation on the same by the actor yet. Earlier in an event, Lokesh had said that Thalapathy 67 would be a combination of mass and square. There are also rumors that Samantha Ruth Prabhu might play the female lead in Thalapathy 67.

Now, before starting work for his next film, the filmmaker along with his dialogue writer and director Ratna Kumar visited Tirumala Tirupati Temple on June 11. Ratna shared a picture of him from the temple hill on Twitter. Vijay’s manager was also seen in the snap, adding more fuel to the fire about their collaboration. The picture went viral in no time, and fans are busy speculating that the hit couple might possibly return for another great film.

Along with Superstar Vijay, Master starred Vijay Sethupathi as the villain, while Malavika Mohanan was the female lead. Despite a less exclusive theatrical run, the film raked in Rs 250 crore to Rs 300 crore at the global box office. Later, the master was made available at amazon prime Video after 19 days of theatrical performance.

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