Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is making his Tamil debut with the upcoming Karthik Subburaj directorial, starring Rajinikanth, took to Twitter to post an image of himself rehearsing his lines for the film. 

Nawazuddin expressed his delight in working opposite Rajinikanth in the film that also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha and Bobby Simha. Responding to this tweet, director Karthik Subbaraj also shared his happiness in welcoming the Sacred Games actor to Tamil cinema. 

The film, which is being shot at different locations like Darjeeling and Madurai, is bankrolled by Sun Pictures, which also produced Rajinikanth's Enthiran. The cast of the yet-to-be-titled film includes Sanath and Deepak Paramesh, who were a part of Karthik's previous film, Mercury. 

With music by Anirudh Ravichander and cinematography by Tirru, the crew of the film tentatively referred to as Thalaivar 165, recently shot a song in Binny Mills, Chennai, featuring Rajinikanth.