Thalapathy Vijay and Pooja Hegde are currently starring in the biggie 'Beast' helmed by Nelson Dilipkumar and financed by Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures. Reportedly, Beast is said to be an invasion thriller shot in posh locales of Chennai and foreign cities.

Beast is said to have three antagonists. Ace director Selvaraghavan and Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko have been roped in to play two of the antagonist roles. The third villain of the action film is being kept secret. Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, Lilliput Faruqui, Aparna Das and Ankur Ajit Vikal are the latest additions to the ensemble cast of Beast.

The makers completed the first two schedules of filming in Georgia and Chennai. Currently, the third schedule is taking place in Chennai which will go on till August 23. Pooja Hegde and Aparna Das resumed shooting for Beast yesterday. Yogi Babu joined with the rest of the cast last week. He plays the role of Thalapathy Vijay's friend in this invasion thriller.

The latest buzz is that the first single of Beast will be released on the special occasion of Diwali. Anirudh Ravichander is composing the music of this movie. Also, sources revealed that Beast is an arresting thriller where the Army soldiers save people from a hijacked shopping mall. An enormous shopping mall set has been erected for this big-budget action thriller which is very authentic, according to the reports.

The Beast team will fly to Russia for the next major schedule which will go on much longer. Whilst cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing will be done by R. Nirmal. The team brought twin stunt choreographers Anbariv on board, which marks their first collaboration with Thalapathy Vijay. Stay tuned for more updates on Beast.