Official: Bigil release date announced

After all the confusion regarding the release date of ‘Bigil’, the official announcement has finally come. The film will be hitting screens worldwide on October 25, Friday. There was a confusion regarding the same as the festival day Diwali (October 27) falls on a Sunday. In Kerala, ‘Bigil’ will be released jointly in a good number of screens by Prithviraj Productions and Listin Stephen’s Magic Frames.

Meanwhile, the trailer of ‘Bigil’ has shattered multiple records online and the hype around it has gone to extremely high levels. Vijay supposedly plays a dual role in the film. The star essays the roles of a gangster father and a football enthusiast son, who later becomes a woman’s team coach. There are also talks about a third character but the makers are yet to confirm this.

‘Mersal’ fame GK Vishnu is the cinematographer, Ruben is the editor and AR Rahman composing music for the film. The CBFC has already awarded the film an U/A certificate. The film has a run time of 2 hours 59 minutes (178.59), which is quite long for a mass entertainer.