Bharathan – Yuvan team up for Vijay’s next

Vijay’s next is almost confirmed and it will be directed by Bharathan, the dialogue writer-filmmaker who earlier made ‘Azhagia Tamil Magan’ with the ‘Ilaya Thalapathi’. It is learnt that Yuvan Shankar Raja would compose music for this movie, with Madhi handling the camera.

Sources have it that Bharathan, who penned dialogues for Ajith’s ‘Veeram’ and helmed ‘Athithi’ last year, met Vijay recently and narrated a script, which impressed the top actor a lot.

“Following this, Vijay has given his nod to Bharathan. The film will be produced by a Vijaya Productions (who bankrolled ‘Veeram’) and an official announcement is expected soon,” sources added.

Vijay is currently shooting for his 59th movie, a police story helmed by Atlee of ‘Raja Rani’ fame. It is being produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu. In the meantime, there are speculations that S J Suryah and Karthik Subbaraj are also in talks with Vijay.