Thalapathy Vijay's 'Mersal' is still in shooting stage but this being a Vijay film that too his 61st film directed by Atlee after the blockbuster 'Theri', the pre-release business has already started and going great. Recently we came across reports of satellite rights and the release rights in Australia and New Zealand being finalised.

Now Hema Rukmani, the CEO of Thenandal Studios Limited which is bankrolling 'Mersal' has confirmed that Global United Media has snapped the theatrical release rights of 'Mersal' in Kerala which is considered as a fort of Vijay.

It is to be noted that the same firm distributed the historical blockbuster 'Baahubali 2' in the state of Kerala.

'Mersal' is the grand 100th film of Thenandal banner and A.R. Rahman is providing music score. Nithya Menen, Kajal Aggarwal and Samantha are playing the female leads in this film.