Thalapathy Vijay’s next outing with Director Atlee to go on floors on January 21 in Chennai. Touted to be a sports drama featuring Vijay in the role of a coach the film has Nayathara on board who is teaming up with Vijay after a decade.

Currently dubbed Thalapathy 63, the film will be bankrolled by AGS Entertainment. According to a statement released by the makers recently, the film will be a pucca mass entertainer and will deal with a genre that will be first-of-its-kind for Vijay. Even as the makers are yet to reveal the complete cast list, the industry grapevine is anything to go by, well-known comedian Yogi Babu and Vivek have landed key roles.

Meanwhile, Vijay’s last outing Sarkar had a dream run in theatres. Directed by AR Murugadoss the film over Rs. 250 crores worldwide. Even as the film got itself embroiled in controversies over taking digs at the ruling government in Tamil Nadu, it didn’t stop it from making an impact at the box-office. Sarkar did exceptionally well even in Telugu with the highest share among Vijay’s films in recent times.