Vijay is all set to make his official Telugu entry with the Tamil-Telugu bilingual drama. The official announcement of this Vamshi Paidipally's directorial was made a few months back, and the team is building a strong cast and crew which is yet to be revealed.

While the makers are yet to make an official announcement on the lead lady of this film there were rumours stating that Keerthi Suresh is the frontrunner in the race along with Rashmika Mandanna to grab the role. But recently Keerthy Suresh denied these rumours.

In a recent interview with a Telugu channel, Keerthy revealed that she will not be playing any role in ‘Thalapathy 66’. She said, “No. I am not doing the part.” The clipping of Keerthy Suresh's clarification about Thalapathy 66 has been doing rounds on social media since last night. Keerthy Suresh has already acted with Vijay in two of his films - Bairavaa and Sarkar.

Thalapathy 66 is produced by Dil Raju under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations and it will be made as a Tamil - Telugu bilingual that will also have a simultaneous dubbed release in other languages. Meanwhile, Vijay is busy shooting for his current film 'Beast' with Nelson Dilipkumar, and he will begin 'Thalapathy 66' only after completing this film. 'Thalapathy 66' is expected to be released for Diwali 2022, while 'Beast' is expected to be released for Summer 2022.

.@KeerthyOfficial denies the rumors of #Thalapathy66! #Beast @actorvijay

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— VTL Team (@VTLTeam) December 9, 2021