Ajith to Venkat Prabhu: Make GOAT a fitting farewell to Vijay

As actor Vijay is gearing up for his upcoming film Greatest Of All Time (GOAT), director Venkat Prabhu has revealed what Ajith Kumar had to say about the film.

In an interview with renowned Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, Venkat Prabhu said that Ajith wished him well for GOAT and asked the former to make it 100 times better than Mankatha as a fitting farewell to Vijay, as he is going to venture into politics, quitting cinema. He added that Ajith wanted him to work on a film with Vijay ever since Mankatha, and it took this long for things to materialise.

Opening up about the film's plotline, he said the film, though fictional, will be close to reality. "The characters played by Vijay, Ajmal, Prashanth and Prabhudeva are part of the Special Anti-Terrorist Squad (SATS), which works in tandem with the RAW. The team gets haunted by one of its missions in the past; how they manage to get out of this trouble is what the film is about."

GOAT stars Meenakshi Chaudhary in a lead role. Prashanth, Ajmal Ameer, Sneha, Laila, Prabhudeva, Mohan, and Jayaram are also part of the ensemble cast, as are Venkat Prabhu's frequent collaborators Vaibhav, Premgi, Ajai Raj, and Aravind Akash. The late actor and politician Vijayakanth will appear in the film with the help of AI technology.

GOAT has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Siddhartha Nuni, editing by Venkat Raajen, art direction by Rajeevan, and action choreography by Dileep Subbarayan. Archana Kalpathi has produced the film under the AGS Entertainment banner. The film is slated for a September 5 release.