After Vettaiyan, Fahadh Faasil approached for Rajinikanth's Coolie? Here's what we know

If Fahadh Faasil indeed signs the dotted line for Lokesh Kanagaraj's Coolie, he'll be the rare actor to do 2 consecutive films with Rajinikanth.

On Sunday morning, there were widespread reports on social media that Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil had signed on another project with Superstar Rajinikanth post Vettaiyan. Apparently, Coolie director Lokesh Kanagaraj, who had worked with Fahadh in Kamal Haasan’s Vikram, was keen to sign him on for Coolie and was in talks with the Aavesham actor. The shooting for Coolie has already started and is progressing at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. (Also Read – Rajinikanth, Mohan Babu show off their years-long camaraderie in a candid photo: ‘Friendship is life’)

Fahadh Faasil approached for Rajinikanth's Coolie

Currently, Fahadh Faasil is in Chennai dubbing for Rajinikanth’s Vettaiyan, directed by TJ Gnanavel, and pics of this have gone viral on social media. With Coolie signed on, Fahadh would have two back-to-back projects with the Superstar and that’s no small feat.

Sources in the film industry confirmed to Hindustan Times exclusively that Fahadh had indeed been approached for Coolie. They stated that, unfortunately, the Maamannan actor had numerous other projects already lined up back-to-back and was unable to do this film. This would be disappointing news for fans since Fahadh’s roles in recent Tamil films have been widely appreciated.

About working with Rajinikanth in Vettaiyan, Fahadh had stated recently that he played a funny character in the movie and it would be different from the usual villain roles in Tamil cinema. The Superstar plays a cop who stands for righteousness and since the two stars will be seen on screen together for the first time, there are high expectations.