Among the many exciting films coming out this year, Thala 59, hitting screens in May stars Ajith in the lead role is being directed by H. Vinoth under Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects LLP banner.

Featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, AK 59 is an official remake of the Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer, Pink, and will see Vidya Balan play the female lead opposite Ajith along with Shraddha Srinath, Rangaraj Pandey, Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao, Sujith Shankar among others in supporting roles.


With production on Thala 59 well underway, fans have been waiting to know if Ajith would be getting a new look after his blockbuster Viswasam.

It must be noted Ajith and his wife Shalini had visited producer Boney Kapoor’s house in Chennai to attend his late wife Sridevi’s ‘thithi’ that took place yesterday. Images of their meeting surfaced online and soon went on to trend virally on social networking forums.


Furthermore, Ajith had taken off for Hyderabad to begin his work on Thala 59 starting today and can be seen in his salt n’ pepper look he has been sporting for quite a while. However, the actor this time has trimmed his beard in a suave manner, which makes him look a lot similar like Amitabh Bachchan did in Pink.


It will be most interesting to witness Ajith take on Big B’s acclaimed role and transition it into a power-packed performance on the big screen.