Samantha joins with Vijay after 7 long years..!?
Samantha is currently joining the Thalapathy 69 movie. But, no official announcement has come out. After Kaththi, Theri, and Mersal, samantha joined the Vijay starrer Thalapathy 69. Thalapathy 69 is a political action thriller coming from Vijay and director H Vinod combo for the first time.
This is seen as his last film as Vijay has said that he will not act again after entering politics. Therefore, it has created high expectations. Moreover, the film crew has seriously embarked on making this film a historical film that will go down in history without ending up as a hit film. Thalapathy 69 is expected to enter the list of Rs.1000 crore collection as no tamil film has collected Rs.1000 crore so far. pooja hegde is acting opposite Vijay in this film. Also, bobby Deol, gautham Vasudev Menon, Prakash Raj, Narain, Priyamani, Mamita Baiju, and Monisha Blessy are acting and now samantha is said to be joining the cast. Prior to this, she acted in hit films like Kathti, Theri, and mersal with Vijay. Now it is said that she has joined the film Thalapathy 69 for the 4th time. She last acted in a tamil film in 2022 called Kathuvakkula Rendu Kaadhal. She acted in 2 telugu films Shakunthalam and Khushi. Currently, samantha has not acted in a single film this year and is said to be making a comeback to tamil cinema through Vijay's Thalapathy 69.
However, no official announcement has been made yet. samantha and Vijay films are all hits. Therefore, if samantha joins this film, it is expected that this film will also be a hit film. Anirudh is composing the music for this film. KVN Productions is producing this film. This film is going to hit the screens in the year 2025. While the song scenes related to Vijay and pooja hegde have been shot in Kerala, the 2nd phase of shooting is currently underway in Chennai. It is said that Vijay has been paid Rs 275 crore for this film. Also, pooja hegde is said to have been paid a salary of Rs.6 crore. If there is no market for samantha now, it seems that there is a high chance of her being paid up to Rs 4 crore. It is said to be a tamil remake of Bhagwanth kesari which was released in telugu with actor Balakrishna. Information has been leaked from reliable sources that Vijay will be playing a politician in this film, which focuses entirely on the political background story. Also, the film is expected to be a campaign platform for Vijay as he data-faces the assembly elections in 2026.