Much like the film’s title, actor Vijay Sethupathi will play the role of a 96-year-old in the film 96. According to a Hindustan Times report, the story will revolve around the three stages of Sethupathi’s character’s life — as a 16-year-old, a 36-year-old, and when he’s 96.
The film is being billed as a love story told from the perspective of a man at three different stages in his career. While Sethupathi as the 96-year-old will be brief, the latter stages of his life will be the focus of the film.
With Trisha Krishnan playing the female lead, the film marks Prem Kumar and Sethupathi’s their third collaboration after Sundarapandian and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom.
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The film officially went on floors in June and is currently shooting in Puducherry. Apart from the lead actors, the cast includes Kaali Venkat and Aadukalam Murugadoss.
Sethupathi, last seen in Pushkar-Gayathri’s Vikram Vedha, has a slew of films in the pipeline. In Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren directed by Arumugakumar, Sethupathi will sport right different looks in the film. He recently finished filming for R Paneerselvam’s Karuppan, and will film for Balaji Tharaneetharan’s Seethakathi this year. He also Maamanidhan — a political-drama film with his Dharma Durai director.