Superstar Rajinikanth is teaming up with successful and critically acclaimed director TJ Gnanvel and the film is titled Vettaiyan. Rajinikanth essays the role of a cop in this action drama and the makers announced that the film hits the screens on October 10th across the globe. NTR’s Devara, a pan-Indian film too is announced for the same date. Both these films will have the advantage of Dasara holiday season. Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh and Dushara Vijayan will be seen in other prominent roles.

After the super success of Jailer, Rajinikanth hiked his fee and he charged big remuneration for Vettaiyan. Lyca Productions are the producers and Anirudh Ravichander is scoring the music, background score. Rajinikanth will soon kick-start the shoot of Coolie to be directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The film is all about the gold smuggling mafia.

It is not a great start for Rajinikanth this year. His daughter’s film Lal Salaam in which he played a cameo has been struggling to collect minimum numbers at the box-office in all the languages. Rajinikanth has been busy with Vettaiyan, a social drama packed with action. TJ Gnanavel is directing this film and it is nearing completion. Rajinikanth is on a break and he will join the sets of the film this month. The entire shooting part of the film will be completed by the end of March. The makers are in plans to release the film for Diwali season this year and an official announcement for the same will be made soon.

A major portion of the shoot of Vettaiyan took place in Kerala. The film has a terrific cast and several renowned actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Manju Warrior, Rana Daggubati, Ritika Singh, Rao Ramesh, Shaji Chen and others. Rockstar Anirudh is scoring the music and background score for Vettaiyan. Lyca Productions are bankrolling this big-budget attempt.