One of the most anticipated films in production now, Thala 59, starring Ajith in the lead role is being directed by H. Vinoth under Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects LLP banner.


An official remake of the hit Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer, Pink, in Hindi, the ongoing Tamil remake, AK 59, includes a huge cast featuring names like Vidya Balan, Shraddha Srinath, Rangaraj Pandey, Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao, Sujith Shankar among others with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Meanwhile, production on Thala 59 is at present taking place at the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad with Ajith joining the film's sets from yesterday (15.02.2019) as planned before.


That said, stills are now doing the rounds of Ajith's casual visit to the sets of the upcoming ambitious Malayalam film, Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, starring Mohanlal under the direction of acclaimed National Award-winning cinematographer, Priyadarshan at Ramoji Film City, where AK 59 is also being shot.


Being planned for a 2020 release, Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham also starring 'Action King' Arjun, Suniel Shetty, Ashok Selvan among others is an epic historical war film set in 16th century Portuguese India and is based on the battles of Kunjali Marakkar IV, who led the defense on the Indian coast and stopped the Portuguese invasion of Calicut.