Soori Plays The Primary Character

Vetrimaaran’s

Viduthalai
will
be
starring
Soori
as
the
male
lead,
and
this
has
been
underlined
in
the
first
look
posters
of
the
film,
released
today.
The
posters
say
that
Soori
is
playing
the
central
character,
and
Vijay
Sethupathi
is
playing
‘Vaathiyaar’
(Teacher).

Two
posters
have
dropped.
One
has
Soori
holding
a
rifle.
He
is
dressed
as
a
cop,
and
he
looks
quite
intense.
The
other
poster
has
Vijay
Sethupathi,
also
holding
a
gun,
but
a
handgun.
Vijay
has
his
jaw
dropped
and
it
very
mildly
looks
like
he
is
mocking
someone,
which
he
does
a
lot
in
his
films.

The
posters
also
feature
a
Thirukural,
and
when
translated
it
means
something
close
to
this:
one
who
fails
to
destroy
the
ego
of
their
proud
enemy,
is
not
fit
for
survival.

Going
by
the
themes
of
his
previous
projects,
this
hints
that
the
plot
might
focus
on
putting
people
in
their
places
when
they
overstep
their
boundaries
intentionally.

This
will
mark
the
debut
for
Soori
as
a
lead,
and
he
has
unbelievably
shredded
his
body
for
this
role.
The
choice
has
been
appreciated
for
breaking
casting
stereotypes.
There
is
also
the
curiosity
to
see
Soori
in
a
role
different
from
the
comedic
ones
he
has
played
so
far.

Director
Gautham
Menon
is
also
rumoured
to
be
starring
in

Viduthalai.
An
official
announcement
has
not
been
dropped
yet.
The
director-turned-actor
is
quite
busy
with
acting
recently,
and
if
this
happens
it
would
be
a
noticeable
performance,
knowing
Vetrimaaran
and
Gautham.

Maestro
Ilayaraaja
has
been
credited
as
the
composer
for

Viduthalai.
This
is
the
second
time
that
Vetri
has
gone
with
a
different
composer
than
GV
Prakash.
Apart
from
his
recent
short
film

Oor
Iravu,
featured
in
the
anthology
Paava
Kadhaigal,
he
has
worked
with
GV
Prakash
in
all
his
five
feature
films.

Viduthalai
is
said
to
be
based
on
the
novel
‘Thunaivan’ by
Jeyamohan.
The
film
will
be
jointly
presented
by
Red
Giant
Movies,
RS
Infotainment,
and
Vetrimaaran’s
Grass
Root
Film
Company.
Velraj
is
the
cinematographer
for
this
project.