Thalapathy
Vijay
and
talented
filmmaker
Nelson
are
teaming
for
Beast,
the
upcoming
action
thriller.
The
project,
which
marks
Thalapathy
Vijay's
65th
outing
in
the
Tamil
film
industry,
started
rolling
in
February
2021.
As
per
the
latest
reports,
director
Nelson
Dilipkumar
and
his
team
have
finally
wrapped
up
the
second
schedule
of
Beast
in
Chennai.
The
cast
and
crew
members
of
the
Thalapathy
Vijay
starrer
have
been
shooting
at
a
popular
film
city
in
Chennai,
for
the
past
couple
of
months.
Reportedly,
the
team
is
planning
to
go
for
a
week-long
break,
before
kickstarting
the
next
schedule
of
the
project.
The
next
schedule
of
Beast
will
start
rolling
in
Chennai
itself,
by
the
first
week
of
September
2021.
If
the
reports
are
to
be
believed,
the
production
design
team
is
currently
busy
with
the
construction
of
the
new
sets
of
Beast,
in
the
same
film
city.
Even
though
earlier
it
was
reported
that
the
team
might
head
to
Russia
for
the
next
schedule,
the
latest
updates
suggest
that
the
makers
are
planning
to
finish
the
Chennai
portions
first.
The
Nelson
directorial,
which
is
being
made
with
a
massive
budget,
reportedly
features
Thalapathy
Vijay
in
the
role
of
a
con
artist.
Popular
actress
Pooja
Hegde
has
been
roped
in
to
play
the
female
lead
opposite
Vijay
in
the
project.
Selvaraghavan,
the
renowned
filmmaker
is
playing
the
lead
antagonist
in
the
Beast.
Popular
Malayalam
actor
Shine
Tom
Chacko
is
appearing
in
a
key
role
in
Beast,
which
features
Yogi
Babu,
VTV
Ganesh,
Pugazh,
Aparna
Das,
and
so
in
the
supporting
roles.
Manoj
Paramahamsa
is
the
director
of
photography.
Anirudh
Ravichander
composes
the
songs
and
original
score
for
the
project.
Beast
is
bankrolled
by
Kalanithi
Maran,
under
the
prestigious
banner
Sun
Pictures.