While Bairavaa` songs that released last evening are rocking the airwaves the team of Ilayathalapathy Vijay`s next is busy finalizing the cast and crew.

Vijay 61` aka Thalapathy 61` is produced by Sri Thenandaal Films and talks are on with Kajal Agarwal and Samantha for the heroine roles. A. R. Rahman has been approached to score the music. Vadivelu, Soori and Mottai Rajendran are penciled in for the comedy department. Vishnu an erstwhile associate of Richard M Nathan makes his debut as cinematographer. Ruben will work as the editor. Filming is most likely to start after Pongal or February first week and the first schedule will be in Chennai and later shift to the US where a major portion will be canned. The official announcement of the project will come soon on an auspicious day.