On the eve of ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay ’s birthday, the makers have released the much-awaited first look of ‘ Sarkar ‘ and boy, it looks impressive! Popularly known as ‘ Thalapathy 62 ’, the film has now officially been titled ‘Sarkar’ and the makers took to Twitter to release the first look poster.Sporting a casual outfit, Vijay looks dapper in the first look poster. Needless to say, the still is already creating waves on the internet.For Vijay’s birthday, fans have planned several celebrations and “#HBDThalapathyVijay” has already started trending on social media.According to latest reports, the makers have completed 80 per cent of the shoot and are only left with a month-long schedule. Recently, Vijay was spotted at Binny Mills shooting an important sequence for the film.Made on a lavish budget, 'Sarkar' is being produced by Sun Pictures and has dialogues by Jeyamohan. The film marks Vijay’s third association with AR Murugadoss after blockbuster films such as ‘ Thuppakki ’ and ‘Kaththi’.Touted to be a political drama, the film has music by Academy Award winner AR Rahman. It also stars Radha Ravi, Pala Karuppiah, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Yogi Babu in important roles. ‘Sarkar’ is slated to release on Diwali this year.<doc-sep>It's official, Thalapathy Vijay’s magnum opus political action thriller film with director AR Murugadoss has been titled as Sarkar. It's official, Thalapathy Vijay’s magnum opus political action thriller film with director AR Murugadoss has been titled as Sarkar. In the first look poster, the actor sports a stylish beard and holds a cigar which worked well with his loyal fans who are in a celebratory mood as they are gearing up for the birthday (22 June) of their matinee-idol. For the first time, the production house has exclusively used Sun TV to launch the first look poster as the channel has a wide reach and enjoys high TRP among all the television networks in Tamil. Talking about the film, Murugadoss said, "Audiences gave an astounding response to my previous two collaborations Thuppakki and Kaththi with Vijay sir. As a team, we are working hard to deliver a unique content and hoping that people would embrace our product once again." Sources say that Sarkar is the costliest film ever produced in the actor’s career surpassing his previous film, Mersal. The makers of Sarkar have completed nearly 60% of the shoot in Chennai. Touted to be an intense political action thriller film, Vijay would be seen in his most stylish avatar in the film driving swanky cars and stylish costumes. Keerthy Suresh plays the romantic interest of Vijay in the film and Varalaxmi of Vikram Vedha fame also plays an important role. In an earlier interaction with Firstpost, Keerthy said that after Mahanati, she has given bulk dates for Sarkar as her character is very crucial in the story proceedings. Veteran villain actor Radha Ravi and popular producer Pala. Karuppiah are playing the two cunning politicos in Sarkar. Popular writer Jeyamohan has penned the dialogues in the film and our sources say that as bold political lines have worked in favor of Vijay in films like Kaththi and Mersal, Murugadoss has spiced up the film with powerful lines attacking the system. In his last film Mersal, dialogues criticising GST and digital India garnered national attention and the producers earned free publicity through continuous debate shows in prime news channels. Vijay will also be soon leaving to the USA for a brief schedule of Sarkar. “Unlike Vijay’s previous film Mersal, this one will not have any revenge angle and purely revolves around flaws in the system. There is a surprise twist in the characterisation of Vijay in the film”, said a source close to the team. The film also has a good scope for the background score and hence, more than songs, AR Rahman has asked the team to give him more time for re-recording. Murugadoss is planning to wrap up the shoot in the month of August and decided to spend nearly two months for the post-production. In his previous collaboration Kaththi, Murugadoss was criticized for the poor VFX work in the scenes featuring Kathiresan and Jeevanandam (both played by Vijay). So, the director doesn’t want to compromise with the visual quality this time in Sarkar. A huge political gathering setup was recently shot for the film and high volatile debate show discussing an important topic were also recently shot for the film. In the first look poster, team Sarkar has also reconfirmed the Diwali release plans which means the film will clash with Suriya's political action drama NGK in both Tamil and Telugu.<doc-sep>
On the eve of actor Vijay’s birthday, the first look of his upcoming film was revealed by the makers on Sun TV. The movie is titled Sarkar and will star Keerthy Suresh as the female lead. In the first look poster, Vijay is seen ready to light his cigarette in his signature style. In the background is the nightscape of a city and Vijay himself is seen dressed in a sharp suit for the film. Sarkar is expected to be a fast paced action thriller. AR Murugadoss spoke on the occasion and said that the film will release on Diwali 2018. He also said, “After Thupakki and Kaththi, we wanted to give something new and better to the audience, and hence we came up with this film called Sarkar,” he said. The film will also star Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in a pivotal role while Radha Ravi and Yogi Babu playing supporting characters in the film. The music for the film is being scored by AR Rahman, who also worked on Vijay’s last outing, Mersal. Vijay’s upcoming film is produced by Sun Pictures and directed by AR Murugadoss. The actor-director duo have worked together before in Thupakki and Kaththi and this is their third collaboration which has raised expectations from fans about the film. This happens to be Vijay’s 62nd film, and the filmmakers are working hard to make it to the release date as planned. Vijay’s Sarkar will clash at the box office with Suriya’s NGK directed by Selvaraghavan. Reports also suggest that Ajith’s Viswasam might join the fray as well. Follow @htshowbiz for more ott:10:ht-entertainment_listing-desktop