Sanjay Dutt has been roped as villan in Thalapathy Vijay’s new action film for the whopping amount of 10cr
South filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj is all set to bring his next project featuring Thalapathy Vijay. Now according to the latest reports the makers have roped in Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt in the film.
For the gangster-based action thriller Thalapathy Vijay will be seen in a salt and pepper look. Vijay’s character is helmed on the lines of Rajinikanth in Baasha.
A source close to the development was quoted as saying, “The script demands the presence of multiple powerful villains and who better than Sanjay Dutt to play one of the many baddies in this yet untitled film. Lokesh has been in conversation with Sanjay Dutt for a while now and things have finally fallen in place. The actor is been paid a gigantic amount of Rs 10 crore to act in the film.”
The source also added, “It’s going to be a Pan India release. Lokesh Kanagaraj is slowly getting fame in the Northern belt after the release of Vikram and he is planning to take things a notch higher with Vijay’s next. It’s a slow and steady process for Vijay as well to make a mark in the Hindi belts. This one will be his biggest release in the Hindi market.”
There are high speculations that Prithviraj has also been roped in for a negative role in the film. The makers are will release the film sometime around diwali.
