Trisha will be playing the lead opposite Vijay after 15 years in 'Thalapathy 67'

Director Lokesh Kanakaraj's next installment in his Lokesh Cinematic Universe after the massively successful Vikram is going to go on the floor soon.

The movie starring Vijay under the working title Thalapathy 67 has found its female lead in Trisha Krishnan.

The actress's last movie was Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Pooniyen Selvam: Part 1 which was a massive success at the box office and is the fourth highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time.

Thalapathy 67 will see Vijay and Trisha reunite after a gap of 15 years, their last movie together was the 2008 action movie Kuruvi.

This movie will also mark their fifth collaboration after Ghilli, Thirupaachi, Aathi, and Kuruvi, three of which have been massive box-office successes.

Trisha recently celebrated 20 years as an actress and has quite a few upcoming projects including Pooniyen Selvan: Part 2 and The Road which is rumored to be an action thriller with Trisha in the lead.

Lokesh Kanakaraj has announced that apart from Thalapathy 67, there were three other movies that he has planned for the LCU. 

Which are Kaithi 2 starring Karthi, Vikram 2 starring Kamaal Hassan, and finally a spinoff of Vikram focusing on Rolex played by Suriya, who had a cameo at the end of the movie.

Thalapathy 67 is will be the second collaboration between Lokesh and Vijay after the 2021 hit Master which grossed around 300 crores at the box office.

Meanwhile, Vijay is currently promoting his upcoming movie Varisu which is directed by Vamshi Paidipally and will see the superstar be paired with Rashmika Mandanna for the first time.

The movie has an estimated budget of 200 crores and will be released in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. With T-series acquiring the rights to the Hindi Version.

Varisu will hit theaters worldwide on January 12th, 2023.