Thalapathy Vijay is undoubtedly the most followed actor of Tamil film industry in recent times. The popularity of Vijay has crossed the boundaries over the last few years and his market has crossed the market value of Superstar Rajinikanth. Now, Vijay is coming up with a sports-based action drama, Bigil.

Directed by Atlee, this film features Vijay in three different shades. He will be seen as a football coach, football player and a gangster. The latest update from the Kollywood revealed that Vijay will be crooning a song in the movie. Earlier, Vijay has sung songs in films like Puli and Kaththi.

The music of Bigil is being composed by AR Rahman. Apparently, Rahaman gave a chance to Vijay to sing in the movie. Generally, Rahman prefers to rope in proved singers for his films. Thus, there might be some aspect of Vijay’s voice which might have attracted the music maestro. Bigil is slated to release during Diwali.

Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay is very much happy with the way his new film Sarkar ran at the box office. Now, the actor is all excited to team up with the director Atlee Kumar for the third time after Theri and Mersal.

The project was announced and launched officially too. Now, the latest buzz is that the movie is going to have a star heroine on board for the movie. Earlier, there were rumors that Rashmika will romance Vijay in the film but now we have got a clarity on the same.

Nayanathara is officially on board for the film. The production house AGS Cinemas have officially announced the same on Twitter. AR Rahman will be scoring the music for the film which is scheduled for a grand release for Diwali next year.