The one film that is the talk of the town now is the upcoming Thalapathy 67, which sees Vijay and Lokesh Kanagaraj teaming up once again after their blockbuster, Master, released in 2021. The highly-anticipated film being produced by S S Lalit Kumar's 7 Screen Studio banner is billed to be a gangster venture that sees the Tamil superstar reuniting with Trisha Krishnan after a gap of 14 years, and has music by Anirudh Ravichander. With production currently underway, the makers on Wednesday, February 1, released the much-awaited Thalapathy 67 poojai video, which gives us a glimpse at some of the other cast members at the ceremony among whom were 'Action King' Arjun, veteran actor Mansoor Ali Khan, actress Priya Anand, Sandy master, George Maryan, to name a notable few.
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One striking aspect of the Thalapathy 67 poojai is the appearance of actor George Maryan, who was earlier seen in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Kaithi (2019) as the police constable Napoleon. The veteran actor participating in the ceremony has once again sparked rumors about the Vijay-starrer being set in the widely-debated 'Lokesh Cinematic Universe' (LCU), which was first established in the 2022 box office blockbuster, Vikram, and saw 'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan alongside 'Makkal Selvan' Vijay Sethupathi as Sandhanam, Fahadh Faasil as Agent Amar, and Suriya as well making a cameo appearance as a drug kingpin named Rolex, while also teasing audiences the presence of Karthi as Dilli from Kaithi.
George Maryan played Napoleon in Kaithi, which was a breakout role for the veteran actor and he was almost set to reprise his character once again in Vikram as well, which Lokesh Kanagaraj had revealed during a discussion with National Award-winning film critic Baradwaj Rangan, the Editor-in-Chief of Galatta Plus, after the release of Vikram last year. During the Vikram story breakdown, Lokesh Kanagaraj mentions how he had initially planned to include George Maryan in the Kamal Haasan-starrer, but eventually had to chop it off from the story due to duration issues, while hinting about including it at a later point.
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This latest appearance at the Thalapathy 67 poojai ceremony has created a massive curiosity among fans that there might be a possibility George Maryan might once again reprise his role as constable Napoleon from Kaithi. There is also a likelihood that the Vijay and Lokesh Kanagaraj venture might turn out to be a standalone film and George Maryan could be playing a completely new character. To watch Lokesh Kanagaraj speak about his plans to initially include George Maryan in Vikram, head over to his interview with Baradwaj Rangan in the video below and take a look at the filmmaker talk between 1:10:57 - 1:12:08:
