OFFICIAL: Thalapathy 64 director announces sequel

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is the talk of the town now as his Kaithi, starring Karthi has taken a solid opening everywhere and has come out as a Diwali treat for fans alongside ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay’s biggie, Bigil. The up-and-coming filmmaker, who was recently announced to be the director of Vijay’s next, Thalapathy 64, has hit the bullseye with Kaithi as well after his directorial debut, Maanagaram, in 2017, which went on to become a critical and commercial success. With Kaithi taking a strong start at the box office, Lokesh Kanagaraj has announced on Twitter that a sequel to the film is indeed on track while adding the Dilli character played by Karthi will be back. He then extended his gratitude to fans for their response to Kaithi while also thanking producer S. R. Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures in making the film a reality. Karthi too has now confirmed during the Kaithi success meet earlier today that Lokesh Kanagaraj has asked him for a call sheet of 30 days to film Kaithi 2 as he has already finished writing the story.

Jointly produced by Dream Warrior Pictures and Vivekananda Pictures banners, Kaithi featuring music by Sam C. S. is being hailed by critics and audiences everywhere for packing an intense action thriller as it includes no songs nor any heroine and has a supporting cast among whom are Narain, Dheena, George Maryan, Ramana, Harish Uthaman, Arjun Dass, Vatsan Chakravarthy, Hareesh Peradi, Mahanadi Shankar and Amzath Khan. With the film now a success, it remains to be seen when Kaithi 2 will go on floors as Lokesh Kanagaraj is at present filming Thalapathy 64 with Vijay in locations across Chennai and will next be heading to Delhi for the second schedule for a period of 20 days till the third week of November. So far, Thalapathy 64 has been shot with Vijay and it remains to be seen if ‘Makkal Selvan’ Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Malayalam sensation, Antony Varghese, will be part of the next schedule.