Vijay's " THUPPAKKI " And Surya 's MATRAAN " are officially announced to release worldwide on Independence day, August 15th.
Thuppaki satellite rights was bagged by Sun TV for for a record price of 13.75 crores. Thuppaki features Vijay and Kajal Agarwal in lead roles while Jayaram and Sathyan plays supporting roles.
Known for his racy action-packed ventures, Thuppaki too has a similar theme. The movie speaks about a cop who weeds out criminals from the society. Impressed with the story line, Vijay had given bulk dates for the film. He hit the gym hard and reduced his weight to play a tough cop.
The distribution rights were bought by Gemini Film Circuit which produced and distributed Nanban. A dubbed same-titled Telugu version of the film is also expected to release simultaneously. During the making, sources reported that Murugadoss may remake the film in Hindi with Akshay Kumar. AR Murgadoss has approached a leading Mumbai based trailer specialist for the first official teaser promo for "Thuppakki".
Maatraan is touted to become Suriya's biggest release till date, which is action thriller film directed and co-written by KV Anand and scripted by Subha. It stars Suriya who would portray two different roles along with Kajal Aggarwal. Harris Jayaraj has composed the tunes and the tracks in the music album.
The Telugu distribution rights were sold to Bellamkonda Suresh's Multi Dimensional Films for a record price. Distribution rights of tamil version has been bagged by Eros International. Two days ago Eros officially announced to release on August 15.
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