Thalapathy 69 Remake Rumors: Is Vijay Stepping into Balakrishna’s Shoes? Rumours have been swirling that H Vinoth’s yet-to-be-titled Thalapathy 69, featuring Vijay, Pooja Hegde, and Mamitha Baiju, is a remake of the 2023 Telugu film Bhagavanth Kesari, starring Balakrishna, Kajal Aggarwal, and Sreeleela. Actor VTV Ganesh and director Anil Ravipudi reacted to the speculation during a recent event for Sankranthiki Vasthunam, they further added to the confusion, making fans more furious about Vijay’s last film.
In a recent event, Director Anil Ravipudi candidly spoke about Vijay Thalapathy’s last film which is tentatively titled Thalapathy 69. VTV Ganesh revealed that Anil Ravipudi rejected directing Thalapathy 69. He said, “Vijay told me he watched Bhagavanth Kesari five times, he liked the film and wants him (Anil) to direct it. When they called and asked him, he said he won’t do a remake. Vijay said he has four or five big directors waiting to make my last film and yet he said no.”
The director Anil immediately corrected Ganesh and said, “I did not say I won’t make it. There was a whole another discussion.” When Ganesh said that he was only revealing what was told to him, and said, “I’m saying I watched Bhagavanth Kesari then because I am also acting in this film (Sankranthiki Vasthunam). I thought he did a great job.”
Vijay has acted in 68 films in his three-decade career. He is one of the most commercially successful actors in Tamil cinema with multiple films amongst the highest-grossing films. Vjay Thalapathy is amongst the highest-paid actors in India. He has won several awards as an actor. Following a period of moderate success, Vijay acted in several critically and commercially successful films including Thuppakki, Kaththi, Mersal, Sarkar, Master, Leo, action drama film Varisu, Beast and the recent sci-fi action film The Greatest of All Time. He is referred to as Thalapathy, Vijay has a quite significant fan following and recently started his much-anticipated political career.