Vijay who is currently busy shooting Murugadoss directed Sarkar, is all set to team up with Atlee for third time, as per reports.Actually there have been rumors that Atlee will be directing a Telugu star. In fact there were news that Atlee was planning to direct Mahesh Babu. At the same time there were other rumors that Vijay will be teaming up with Mohan Raja, director of Thani Oruvan wielding mega phone for Vijay’s next. But it seems both these rumors turned false with Vijay-Atlee teaming up for hattrick movie. Recently, in an interview to a radio channel, Atlee confirmed this and said, “I have written a new premise for the film. It will be definitely different than Theri and Mersal. An announcement on the same will be made in the coming weeks.”

Atlee made his debut with Raja Rani movie with Arya and Nayanthara and that was a hit. Later he teamed up with Vijay for Theri and Mersal. Both films went on to become blockbusters.Mersal was one of the biggest hits of 2017. The movie created lot of controversy too because of the dialogue on GST. Vijay is currently working on his 62nd film Sarkar. Produced by Sun Pictures, the film is helmed by AR Murugadoss. So, new updates on his next expected to come after Diwali.

There are speculations that the film will be titled Aalaporan Tamizhan, taken from the song of the same name in Mersal. This movie will be produced by AGS Entertainment. The film is currently in pre-production and as per reports, the director has already finished his recce about locations. Most probably AR Rahman will be composing music for this film.

The film will go on floors from January’2019.