9 Apr – After announcing Kamal Haasan's "Indian 2" release date, Lyca Productions continues to attract attention with another movie by another Tamil superstar. On 7 April, the studio shared a new poster of "Vettaiyan", the upcoming new movie starring Rajinikanth, and revealed that the movie will be released in cinemas worldwide in October. The movie was previously called "Thalavar 170" as its working title. "VETTAIYAN is all set to take charge in cinemas this OCTOBER. Get ready to chase down the prey!" the caption read. Sources previously claimed that Rajinikanth will be playing a Muslim police officer in the movie, which is based on a true story. The film attracted the attention earlier after it was revealed that it will reunite Rajinikanth with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan after many years.