Vijay and director Atlee’s third collaboration, after the successful Theri and Mersal, has been titled Bigil. Atlee released the look on Twitter terming it his "birthday gift to Vijay anna."
The film is said to be a sports drama, in which Vijay plays a football coach, with a supporting cast of Nayantara, Vivek, Kathir of Pariyerum Perumal fame, Yogi Babu and Robo Shankar. AR Rahman will be composing music for the film and the cinematographer is KG Vishnu. The film is produced by AGS Entertainment, and is set for a Deepavali release.