Thalaivar 168: Four heroines in Rajinikanth’s next

Superstar Rajinikanth’s next film, tentatively titled as ‘Thalaivar 168’, is currently on the floors. The film is written and directed by Siva. Sun Pictures is producing it. Interestingly, the film has four heroines as part of the cast. Veterans Meena and Khushboo were the first to join the team. Later, Keerthy Suresh’s name got announced. More recently, came the surprise announcement about Nayanthara starring in the film.

Among the four heroines, only Keerthy Suresh is yet to share screen space with Rajinikanth. Meena has worked with him both as a child actor (Anbulla Rajinikanth) and as his pair (Ejamaan, Muthu, Veera). Khushboo has acted with him in films like ‘Annamalai’, ‘Dharmathin Thalaivan’ etc. Siva’s film marks Nayanthara second successive outing with Rajinikanth after the recently released ‘Darbar’. The two had earlier shared screen space in ‘Chandramukhi’ and in a song sequence in ‘Sivaji’.

However, it it still not known who among the four heroines plays Rajinikanth’s pair in this upcoming film. Director Siva is said to be planning a rural based mass entertainer, just like his last blockbuster ‘Viswasam’. Even the technical team of ‘Viswasam’ comprising of DOP Vetri, music director Imman and editor Ruben have been retained as such. Prakash Raj, Soori and Sathish are also part of the supporting cast.