Tamil actor Vijay will soon give up his film career to pursue a career in politics. But, before that, Bengaluru-based distribution house KVN Productions announced on Friday that he has signed on to do one more film.
According to the Hindustan Times, Vijay will complete his 69th film before entering politics with his newly formed party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu Victory Federation).
The 50-year-old actor, born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar and known simply as Vijay, founded the party earlier this year and serves as its president.
KVN Productions shared a compilation of Vijay’s scenes from his hit films on X without showing his face, and wrote: “We all grew up with your films & you’ve been a part of our lives every step of the way. Thank you Thalapathy for entertaining us for more than 30 years.”
On Saturday, KVN dropped the first-look poster of the film, tentatively titled Thalapathy 69. The poster showed a hand holding a torch with a line on top: “The torchbearer of democracy… arriving soon.”
The film will be directed by H. Vinoth, with music composed by Anirudh. It will be produced by Venkat K. Narayana, with Jagadish Palanisamy and Lohith N.K. as co-producers.
The post’s caption read: ‘We are beyond proud & excited to announce that our first Tamil film is #Thalapathy69, directed by the visionary #HVinoth, with music by the sensational Rockstar @anirudhofficial Super happy to collaborate with the one and only #Thalapathy @actorvijay. The torch bearer of democracy is arriving in Oct 2025.”
Throughout the day, the term “one last dance” began trending on X, with fans excited to learn more about Vijay’s swan song.
Many others also shared clips from their favourite films of his with the hastag #onelastdance.
Vijay debuted as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaiya Theerpu and soon became one of the biggest stars in Tamil cinema.
Through the years, he acted in hits like Coimbatore Mappillai, Love Today, Kushi and Ghilli. He was most recently seen in Venkat Prabhu’s The Greatest of All Time (GOAT), which was released in theatres on Sept 5.
GOAT is enjoying a successful theatrical run, grossing over Rs10 crore ($1.5 million) on its 10th day in Tamil Nadu and accumulating an estimated total of Rs162 crore in the state. The global earnings are approximately Rs365 crore, with projections to cross the Rs400 crore mark by the end of its second week.
