‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth fans are an ecstatic lot especially after the action-packed Darbar trailer came out earlier this week with all sights now set on the film's theatrical release on January 9, 2020. Rajini fans have had more reason to cheer as the iconic veteran actor’s next film with Viswasam director Siva under the Sun Pictures banner, tentatively titled Thalaivar 168, too was formally launched last week after a formal pooja.

Having said that, we via our sources had a few days back revealed that the Thalaivar 168 shoot would kick-off starting today (December 18) with Rajinikanth in the lead role alongside actresses Khushbu, Meena, Keerthy Suresh, Prakash Raj, comedians Sathish and Soori featuring music by D. Imman. Now, it has been disclosed to us that filming on the rural family entertainer has officially begun today at the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad with director Siva and cinematographer Vetri sharing a selfie ahead of kickstarting the shoot.

In that light, it has also now come to the spotlight that ‘Thala’ Ajith’s next biggie, Valimai, is also being shot at the popular Ramoji Film City location in Hyderabad with an action sequence reportedly being filmed now. Set to come out as a Diwali 2020 release, Valimai sees Ajith reuniting with director H. Vinoth and producer Boney Kapoor after their blockbuster, Nerkonda Paarvai, earlier this year. The upcoming film is being billed to be an intense action thriller that will be catering to family audiences as well and has Ajith playing the role of a police officer, which incidentally is the first time since Yennai Arindhaal in 2015 where he will be seen as a cop.

Fans of both Rajinikanth and Ajith are mighty excited to hear about the news of both the Tamil superstars shooting for their Thalaivar 168 and Valimai at the same location and are eagerly waiting for pictures of their meeting to drop online.