Thalapathy Vijay is currently involved in the hectic shooting schedule of his upcoming dark thriller 'Beast' directed by Nelson and produced by Sun Pictures. The top South Indian hero will next move on to 'Thalapathy 66' directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Dil Raju early next year.

There were reports that young Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey was considered for an important role in the bilingual 'Thalapathy 66' which was also planned to be dubbed in Hindi too. The star kid has now come under the scanner of the Narcotics Control Bureau following the arrest of Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan at a rave party on board a luxury cruiser.

Drug related chats between Aryan Khan and Ananya Pandey has reportedly been recovered by the NCB officials and the evidence is said to be very incriminating. It is now reported in the Tollywood media that due to the raging issue Ananya Pandey has been removed from the likely cast of 'Thalapathy 66'.