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Buzz: Sivakarthikeyan, Silambarasan to join Rajinikanth in the most anticipated Thalaivar 169!

Nelson Dilipkumar will direct the movie which has Anirudh on board as its music composer

Buzz: Sivakarthikeyan, Silambarasan to join Rajinikanth in the most anticipated Thalaivar 169!

Silambarasan, Rajinikanth and Sivakarthikeyan

Last Updated: 04.52 PM, Feb 16, 2022

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After several rumours, speculation and unconfirmed reports doing the rounds pertaining to Rajinikanth's next film, it was officially announced recently that Nelson Dilipkumar of Doctor fame will wield the megaphone for the star's next. Tentatively titled Thalaivar 169, Sun Pictures is bankrolling the project which is expected to go on floors after April.

The production house had released a video which had Rajinikanth sitting on a chair stylishly posing towards the camera as Nelson and music director Anirudh are seen standing in the background. This is the third collaboration of Anirudh with the Superstar after Petta (streaming on Netflix) and Darbar (streaming on Amazon Prime Video).

It is now heard that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is being considered by the makers as the project's female lead. The actress had earlier teamed up with Rajinikanth in the blockbuster Endhiran (streaming on MX Player and Jio Cinema) which released in 2010. Fans of Rajinikanth are eagerly waiting to know if the news will turn out to be true.

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Meanwhile, the names of Sivakarthikeyan and Silambarasan are also heard with regard to the cast of the project. The makers haven't revealed the cast and crew details, though. But the grapevine has it that Manoj Paramahamsa has been brought on board to crank the camera for the untitled movie.

It is known that both Sivakarthikeyan and Silambarasan are die hard fans of Rajinikanth. The former had expressed excitement on his social media page when the announcement of Thalaivar 169 was made recently. 

He acted as the lead in Nelson's last outing Doctor (streaming on Netflix), and is the lyric writer in the filmmaker's ongoing project, Beast. It will be an interesting casting coup if the makers manage to rope in either of the two stars.

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