Rajinikanth - Vetrimaaran combo gets activated - Thanu - Ilaiyaraaja co- producers

 Rajinikanth next Thalaivar 169 will see director Vetrimaaran helming the project. Illaiyaraaja who is composing music for the first time for a Vetrimaaran film with Soori as hero has said that he is willing to be the producer of the film.  However, Kalaipuli  Thanu who produced Asuran directed by Vetrimaran is to produce the film and  might join as co- producer, said a source. The subject is to do with politics and Vetrimaaran had revealed this in an interview. As then Rajini was making moves to enter politics, he might have decided to not do a political film then, said a source. 

During the making of Kaala, Vetrimaran had narrated a script to Rajini. As both got involved in many projects.it was undecided. Vetrimaaran and Suriya locked a script and Vaadi Vaasal based on Jallikattu was to start in coming August. Here too Suriya's busy schedule and Vetrimaran going to Soori film and a web-series for Netflix has delayed the project. It was a Rs 200 crore film funded by Thanu. Meanwhile Vetrimaran was also in talks with Dhanush for a film starring the actor and his father in law Rajinikanth. Add to this Thalapathy Vijay had also okayed a subject told by Vetrimaaran.

Now Vijay has moved to Vamsi directed Telugu- Tamil film, Suriya's other projects are delaying the start of Vaadivasal. Thanu who  was to fund Dhanush- Rajinikanth film and Suriya film will now instead undertake Vetrimaaran- Rajini film instead. Illaiyaraaja had expressed his interest to revive his production company.