Thalapathy Vijay had last made his silver-screen appearance in Sarkar, his third collaboration with director AR Murugadoss after the blockbuster movies Thuppaki and Kaththi. Sarkar was a political entertainer, that also starred Keerthy Suresh, Radharavi, Pazha Karuppiah, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu, and many others in prominent roles.

Released on Diwali 2018, Sarkar took a massive opening thanks to unprecedented hype and audience expectations, and the movie bankrolled by Sun pictures reportedly went on to gross more than 250 crores worldwide, making it Vijay's consecutive success after his previous Diwali blockbuster Mersal directed by Atlee.

Now, months post the release of Sarkar, the movie has achieved a new feat. The teaser of Sarkar has achieved the magical mark of 1.5 million likes on youtube making it a new record among teasers, as it is the first Tamil teaser to achieve this number. On the other hand, Vijay will begin his next sports entertainer by Atlee on January 21.