Actor Vijay after being part of Tamil cinema since 1984 (as a child artist), and playing lead for 33 years (from 1992-2025), is gearing up to become a full fledged politician. Vijay's last movie Thalapathy 69 (tentative title) was officially announced on Saturday, and the film is a H. Vinoth directorial.

Thalapathy 69 marks the debut collaboration of Vijay with filmmaker H Vinoth, who is known for directing films like Sathuranga Vettai (2014), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), and three movie with Ajith namely Nerkonda Paarvai (2019), Valimai (2022) and Thunivu (2023). Thalapathy 69 releases in theaters in October, 2025. 

Thalapathy 69 Cast & Crew

Male Lead: Vijay

Female Lead: Pooja Hegde

Villain: Bobby Deol

Music: Anirudh Ravichander

Cinematography: Sathyan Sooriyan

Edit: Pradeep E Ragav

Action/Stunt: Anl Arasu

Anirudh Ravichander who has composed music for Vijay's films like Kaththi (2014), Master (2021), Beast (2022), and Leo (2023), is reuniting with the actor for the fifth time on Thalapathy 69. 

Does anyone else see a bearded man with a handlebar 'stache, eyes closed & mouth open in the blue background? Just us? Ok #Thalapathy69 #Thalapathy69Day #Thalapathy69ByKVNProductions

— MovieCrow (@MovieCrow) September 14, 2024

Karnataka distributors of Suriya's Kanguva, KVN Productions is known for producing Kannada movies like Sakath (2021), Bytwo Love (2022), KD - The Devil and Martin. This KVN Productions is making its Kollywood debut with their first Tamil production, Thalapathy 69.