Vettaiyan starring Rajinikanth in the lead is slated to release in theaters on October 10, 2024 i.e. today. The movie is all set to premiere its FDFS (first day first show) in a few hours. Vettaiyan is a cop action drama that is directed by two film old TJ Gnanavel. The filmmaker gained wide attention for his direct OTT release Jai Bhim in 2022.
With Vettaiyan, TJ Gnanavel has not only gathered the biggest ensemble of his filmmaking, but is bringing to screen many first time combinations with Rajinikanth. Malayalam star actor and strong performer Fahadh Faasil is one such actor who is sharing screen space with Rajinikanth for the first time with Vettaiyan.
Speaking of Fahadh Faasil and his unique character in Vettaiyan, Rajinikanth said at the Vettaiyan audio launch event:
"After Amitabh Bachchan and Rana Daggubati, there was a character (in Vettaiyan) which I had not heard of or seen in any movie. I was wondering hard who will they be able to cast for that role...TJ Gnanavel told me that it was very important that Fahadh Faasil do it. He was determined to bring Fahadh on board somehow.
I was suprised. Because the character (that Fahadh Faasil plays in Vettaiyan) is an entertainer, and is completely on his toes. I had not seen many of Fahadh's works and was only familiar with two of his Tamil movies - Vikram (with Kamal Haasan) and Maamannan (with Vadivelu, Udhayanidhi Stalin). In both, he had played such a villanous, serious role.
TJ Gnanavel told me that I should watch Fahadh's Malayalam movies and that he is a super artist...Fahadh was ready to do Vettaiyan but he was so busy that we had to wait for two months.
What an artist Fahadh Faasil is (in praise). I have never seen a natural artist like Fahadh before. Hats off to him. He won't be in the caravan too (while filming/in between shots). When the shot is ready, he'd come and perform just like that and go. Extremely talented he is. Superb. Superb."
Fahadh plays a thief named Patrick in Vettaiyan. The actor's character was shown to b a thief and an expert with gadgets in the movie. Patrick is likely paired opposite Saranya (Dushara Vijayan) in Vettaiyan, which is a Lyca Productions movie. A cop action drama with a social message, Vettaiyan is censored U/A and comes with a runtime of 2 hours 43 minutes 25 seconds.