Thalapathy
Vijay's
upcoming
bilingual
Varisu
AKA
Vaarasudu,
under
the
direction
of
Vamshi
Paidipally
is
progressing
at
a
brisk
pace.
National
Award-winner
director
Vamshi
Padipally
is
keen
on
launching
Vijay
as
a
Telugu
hero
and
convinced
producer
Dil
Raju.
This
resulted
in
Varisu
being
made
into
a
bilingual
film.
Varisu
is
a
drama
written
by
Vamshi
in
association
with
Hari
and
Ahishor
Solomon.
Vairsu
AKA
Vaarasudu
is
slated
for
a
grand
theatrical
release
in
January
for
Pongal
/Sankranthi.
The
pre-release
business
details
of
Varisu
have
surfaced
and
fans
are
celebrating
the
film's
yet
another
record.
The
movie's
satellite
rights
for
Television
premiere
have
been
bagged
by
Sun
TV
for
an
amount
of
Rs
50
Crore
and
the
film's
audio
rights
are
sold
to
T-Series
for
a
sum
of
Rs
10
Crore.
For
the
digital
streaming
of
Varisu
in
in
two
languages,
OTT
giant
Amazon
Prime
Video
has
already
paid
a
whopping
Rs
60
Crore
to
the
makers
of
the
film.
Varisu,
which
is
touted
to
be
an
action
entertainer,
marks
Vijay's
Telugu
debut
and
director
Vamshi's
Tamil
debut.
Rashmika
Mandanna,
who
is
a
huge
fan
of
Vijay,
bagged
the
female
lead's
role
opposite
Vijay
in
the
film.
Being
shot
in
two
languages,
the
movie
stars
actors
like
R
Sarathkumar,
Prabhu,
Shaam,
Prakash
Raj,
Srikanth,
Yogi
Babu,
Jayasudha,
Khushbu,
Sangeetha
Krish,
and
Ganesh
Venkatraman
among
others
in
key
roles.
The
film
is
bankrolled
by
Dil
Raju
and
Sirish
under
Sri
Venkateswara
Creations
banner,
Thaman
S
is
working
on
the
film's
soundtrack,
and
Karthik
Palani
is
the
cinematographer.
KL
Praveen
will
edit
the
film
which
has
dialogues
penned
by
Vivek.