Thalapathy Vijay is ruling the roost in Tamil film industry.His most recent film ‘Varisu’ was directed by popular Telugu director Vamshi Paidipally.The family entertainer costarring Rashmika Mandanna got mixed reviews but still went on to score the magical Rs.300 Crores mark at the worldwide box office, according to Varisu producer Dil Raju.
Now the hot news from Tollywood is that Vijay recently listened to a script from popular Telugu commercial director Gopichand Malineni and like it.He reportedly has liked the narration and gave a positve signal instantly.Vijay has many good projects lined up for 2023, Gopichand project is the latest addition.
This will be the second time the actor will be working with a Telugu director, his first was with director Vamshi Paidipally for Varisu.
Gopichand Malineni is famous for his out and out commercial masala movies.He has delivered back-to-back hits in Telugu with ‘Krack’ starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan and his latest movie being this year’s Veera Simha Reddy starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in the lead becoming a massive success.
Meanwhile, Vijay is currently busy working on his 68th movie Leo with director Lokesh Kanagaraj and and costarring Trisha.Leo is one of the most anticipated movies of the year and scheduled for October 19th release.
The movie is the third installment in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Cinematic Universe(LCU) after 2019’s Kaithi which starred Karthi and 2022s Vikram which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead.The franchise has grossed around 530 crores at the box office.
Leo also marks the second collaboration between Lokesh and Vijay after 2021’s Master.
It is still not clear whether this project will be ‘Thalapathy 69’ or ‘Thalapathy 70’.
It is already more or less confirmed that Atlee will be helming ‘Thalapathy 68’ which is likely to be produced by Sun Pictures or Raaj Kamal Films International.
