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Vijay Sethupathi to star in Kathik Subbaraj's Rajinikanth-starrer

This is Sethupathi's first outing with the Superstar

Actor Vijay Sethupathi is all set to star alongside Rajinikanth in Karthik Subbaraj's next film. The untitled movie that will be produced by Sun Pictures is touted to be an action-drama flick. Rumour has it that Vijay Sethupathi might play the role of the villain in the film. This is Sethupathi's first outing with Rajinikanth.

Vijay Sethupathi is currently filming for Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chevantha Vaanam. The actor, who has quite a few slated releases in 2018, is enjoying the fruits of his labour in the critically acclaimed Vikram Vedha.

Rajinikanth already has two films in his kitty. Director Pa. Ranjith's Kaala is scheduled for release on June 7, while the release of his highly anticipated 2.0 with director Shankar has been postponed.

Interestingly, director Karthik Subbaraj recently revealed that his 2014 film Jigarthanda helped him fulfil his dream of working with Rajinikanth. The director said in an interview that he wanted to cast the actor in the film but was too scared to approach him as he was a budding filmmaker at that time. But when Rajinikanth saw Jigarthanda, he praised the director and said he felt as if he was watching himself on the screen.  “...He told me whenever you have any role for me just approach me... I did not know whether he will do a film with a director who is just one film old or not. When I saw that he worked with Pa Ranjith on Kabali, who is two-films-old, I became confident.”

Talking about his project with Rajini, he added, “This is a realistic film but it will have elements of Rajini sir. It is a fictional story. He loved the script.”