As the commencement of Superstar Rajinikanth's second film with his 'Kabali' director Pa.Ranjith is getting closer, we get interesting updates about the attractive additions to the cast and crew of the film.

Yesterday we reported that 'Baahubali 2' VFX technician Peter Drapper has joined 'Thalaivar 161' and Bollywood beauty Huma Quereshi has been roped in to play the female lead in this film.

Today we learn from a reliable source about the inclusion of a National award winning actor in the star cast of the film.

Our source says that Samuthirakani who has become the most sought after supporting actor across South India and has also won the National award for his performance in 'Visaranai' will be playing an important supporting role in this Rajini-Ranjith film which is being referred to as 'Thalaivar 161'.

This will be Kani's first film with Thalaivar as well as Ranjith and it is going to be fantastic combination indeed.

We will have to wait for an official confirmation from the makers.

The film is all set to start rolling from 28th of May 2017. Santhosh Narayanan will be providing music score for this film produced by Dhanush under his Wunderbar Films banner.