Ajith's 'Thunivu' release date pushed up as Thalapathy Vijay's 'Varisu' dominates in pre-release business

Both Ajith 's Thunvi and Vijay 's Varisu are gearing up to clash at the box office next week. This will mark the seventh time both superstars have clashed for the top spot.

Thunivu directed by H.Vinoth will be Ajith's third collaboration with the director and will hit theaters worldwide a day ahead of Varisu on January 11th.

When it comes to pre-release business Thalapathy Vijay's Varisu has come out ahead of Thunivu. Varisu has gotten a whopping 142 crores ahead of its release whereas Ajith's Thunivu has collected 86 crores.

Both movies have massive runtimes with Varisu clocking in at 2 hours and 45 minutes and Thunive clocking in at 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The fans of both actors have a long-standing rivalry that sometimes goes too far, so it will be interesting to see which Pongal release takes the number one spot at the box office.

While we do not have too many details about the plot of Thunivu, we do know that it is a heist movie and focuses on a team of professional mercenaries who are targetting banks across Tamil Nadu.

Thunivu marks the first on-screen pairing of Ajith and National award-winning Malayalam actress Manju Warrier, this will be her second Tamil movie after 2019's Asuran in which she co-starred with Dhanush.

Varisu on the other hand will be Thalapathy Vijay's first collaboration with noted Telugu director Vamshi Paidipally. In the movie, Vijay plays the son of a business tycoon who has to take over the company after a series of unfortunate events.

Varisu will also mark the first time the actor will be paired with Rashmika Mandanna.

The cast of Thunivu includes John Kokken, Samuthirakani, Mamathi Chari, Veera, Prem Kumar, Mahanadi Shankar, and Nayana Sa.

The cast of Varisu includes Prabhu, R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Khushbu, Ganesh Venkatraman, and Yogi Babu.

Ajith's Thunvie will be hitting theaters worldwide on January 11th and Thalapthy Vijay's Varisu will release on January 12th.