The earlier plan was to begin Thalaivar168 by the third week of December. However, the movie began rolling from december 5. It has been confirmed that Keerthy suresh and meena are the female leads.
Superstar rajinikanth had last appeared on screen in the karthik Subbaraj directorial revenge thriller petta and then he joined hands with AR murugadoss directorial darbar which ended as a flop. Now, he works on his next project which is bankrolled by sun Pictures and had announced a diwali release.