31 May – A lot of people are asking for a collaboration between Kamal Haasan and Thalapathy Vijay, but according to the former, he already has another actor in mind for his next project. The Tamil superstar, who was in Malaysia to promote his action-thriller, "Vikram", shared as much when a fan asked about the third film. "I am already committed to a star and you all know who he is," he said, referring to Suriya, who made a cameo appearance in the movie.
However, the actor-producer admitted that his company, Raaj Kamal Films International is ready to do a movie with the "Beast" star. "I will do the film when I get Vijay's callsheet," he said, much to fans' screams of joy. In "Vikram", Kamal reprises his 1986 character Commander Arun Kumar Vikram who is now a retired officer, and is assigned to save a high ranking government official kidnapped by two siblings - one is a gangster and other one is a politician. However, the two films are said to be unrelated. It co-stars Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Arjun Das and Narain among others, and is set to be released in Malaysia and Singapore on 3 June.