Jackie Shroff is the latest actor to join the cast of Vijay’s upcoming movie with Atlee, tentatively titled Thalapathy63. Reba Monica John of Jarugandi fame is also rumoured to be part of the project.
AGS Entertainment, the studio bankrolling the film, confirmed Jackie Shroff’s participation with a tweet yesterday. The actor made his Tamil debut in 2011 with Thiagaraja Kumararaja’s Aaranya Kaandam, and went on to star in Rajinikanth’s animation movie Kochadaiyaan, and director CV Kumar’s Maayavan. He also featured in a guest role in Mupparimanam.
We are happy to welcome #JackieShroff Sir on board #Thalapathy63 ? pic.twitter.com/S4M67WZ9RP
— Archana Kalpathi (@archanakalpathi) March 21, 2019
Thalapathy63 marks the third collaboration between Atlee and Vijay after Theri and Mersal. The pre-production activities for the film began in November 2018, after a pooja at Binny Mills, Perambur. The shooting for the film started in Chennai this January.
Vijay is rumoured to be playing a sports coach in the film. A TimesNow report says that his character is called Michael, and he is a footballer from North Chennai. According to another report, Vijay practised under a trainer for the role.
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In January, the makers announced that Kathir would star in the movie. Super Singer participant Kapish Poovaiyaar, actors Vivek, Yogi Babu, Daniel Balaji and Anand Raj are part of the cast. Politician-turned-actor Nenjil Sampath was also approached for a role. Nenjil made his acting debut in RJ Balaji’s recently released LKG, where he played Balaji’s father.
It was earlier reported that 16 new actresses had joined the film’s cast, and special training sessions were carried out to prepare for the sports scenes featuring them. However, there has been no official confirmation from the makers about this.
A.R. Rahman is the music composer for the project, and Vivek is the lyricist. As for the rest of the crew, Atlee has chosen the Mersal team, including editor Antony Ruben, stunt director Anal Arasu and art director Muthuraj.