Director Atlee is one of the few young directors who delivered an all class hit debut movie 'Raja Rani' starring Nayanthara and Arya and followed it up with two blockbuster hits 'Theri' and 'Mersal' both starring Thalapathy Vijay in the lead. He is now gearing up to release his fourth film and hattrick combo with Vijay in 'Bigil' that is hitting the screens on Diwali later this month.

We have already reported to you that Atlee is joining hands with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan for his next after 'Bigil'. Now media reports from Mumbai have confirmed that the project is very much on will be produced by SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment. It has been further quoted that Atlee has been signed for an enormous salary of 30 Crores rupees which puts him in the bracket of the highest-paid director's in Indian cinema. More updates on this is expected after Diwali. Stay tuned.

'Bigil' produced by AGS Entertainment has Vijay and Nayanthara as the lead pair with A.R. Rahman scoring the music, G.K. Vishnu handling the camera, T. Muthuraj the production design and Ruben the editing.