Lokesh Kanagaraj has raced to the top of the list of South Indian cinema after delivering the all time blockbuster hit movie 'Vikram' starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil. He is now focussing all his energies on his next 'Thalapathy 67' that will reunite him with his 'Master' hero Thalapathy Vijay, music composer Anirudh and producer Lalit Kumar.

While the maverick filmmaker and his team are busy scripting 'Thalapathy 67' there have been reports that Samantha and Trisha will be playing the female leads while Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sanjay Dutt and Action King Arjun are said to be amongst the six villains.

Lokesh Kanagaraj in his most recent interaction has revealed that he has been a big fan of veteran actor Mansoor Ali Khan especially his body language, attitude and voice modulation. He revealed that he wrote the script of 'Kaithi' keeping in mind Mansoor but later the film became huge after Karthi headed the cast.

The 'Vikram' maker has officially announced that he has now written a strong role for Mansoor Ali Khan in his next (Thalapathy 67) and will finally get to work with him. He has however also added that he still has not spoken to the actor-politician but is hopeful that he will agree to the role.

'Thalapathy 67' will go on floors in the last quarter of this year and more hot updates are expected to come one after the other as the days go by. By far this is the film that has got the biggest hype amongst the upcoming Tamil films.

#MansoorAliKhan On Board ???? #Thalapathy67 pic.twitter.com/wHc8zwhYxg

— Actor Vijay squad (@VJsquad) August 12, 2022