Vijay and Yogi Babu appeared on screen together a total of four times, including in the films Mersal, Sarkar, Bigil, and Beast. And Varisu will be the fifth film.
Bommai Nayagi is bankrolled by filmmaker Pa Ranjith under his banner Neelam Productions. It is written and directed by Shan, who is making his directorial debut through this movie.
It's Vijay's first outing with Telugu director Vamsi Paidipally, who is helming this project while popular producer Dil Raju takes charge of bankrolling it.
The jury is comprised of 15 members and they will be finalizing one movie out of 14 and that one movie would be sent as India's entry for the Academy Awards.
Yogi Babu's call sheet is the first requirement today if you are directing a movie and he is acting in more number of films than any of his peers right now.
