Mammootty to play villain in Vijay's next?

Vijay and Mammootty

While director Atlee's Theri is stepping into its last phase of shooting, the industry is already abuzz about Tamil star Vijay's next with Bharathan for the actor's 60th film.

If the hushed talks are anything to go by, the makers have none other than Kerala's megastar Mammootty on their minds as the antagonist in the film. While the casting details are yet to be made official, people have already started speculations of the highest order of this much talked about film. Santhosh Narayanan is to be scoring the music for this film.

Vijay is said to be teaming up with Thani Oruvan director Jayam Raja aka Mohan Raja after the Bharathan flick, and that is being called 'Vijay 61'. It was earlier reported that Mammootty would be playing a pivotal role in that film as well.

Vijay had acted alongside Mohanlal in Jilla and the movie went on to become a superhit. If he teams up with Mammootty this time, it will sure be worth a watch.