Thalapathy Vijay's Varisu titled Vaarasudu in Telugu

The first-look poster of Thalapathy Vijay's next, which was tentatively being referred to as Thalapathy66, was released today, a day ahead of his birthday (June 22). The title of the film has been revealed as Varisu and Vijay looks dapper in the first-look poster. The poster also has the tagline- The Boss Returns. Now, we learn that the Telugu version of the film will release as Vaarasudu. The film's production house shared the news on its social media page, "#Thalapathy66 is #Vaarasudu in Telugu #VaarasuduFirstLook #VarisuFirstLook #HBDDearThalapathyVijay Thalapathy @actorvijay sir @directorvamshi @iamRashmika @MusicThaman @Cinemainmygenes @KarthikPalanidp (sic)." The team had announced recently that the first look will be out on June 21 and have kept their promise, much to the delight of the fans.

This is the first time that Vijay is teaming up with Vamshi Paidipally. Rashmika Mandanna plays the leading lady in the film and the rest of the star cast includes Shaam, Sarath Kumar, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Yogi Babu, Srikanth, Sangeetha Krish and Samyuktha among others. The story and screenplay for the film are by Vamshi himself , dialogues are by Hari and Ashishor Solomon, and additional screenplay is by lyricist Vivek. A still and video from the film was leaked from the location, much to the shock of the entire team. Fans of Vijay had tagged the team urging them to be cautious while filming. 

Thaman, who is scoring music for a Vijay film for the first time, called it a dream come true moment in an interview to a YouTube channel. While Karthick Palani is cranking the camera for the film, Praveen KL is handling the editing. The shoot for the film, which began in April, is on in full swing. The film is bankrolled by Dil Raju and Shirish of Sri Venkateswara Creations and is slated to hit screens for Pongal next year. Interestingly, Vijay had not had a Pongal release for a long time.