{"id":347743,"date":"2026-03-15T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/347743\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:29:12","slug":"vijay-sethupathi-confirms-script-for-maharaja-2-by-nithilan-saminathan-is-complete-im-excited-to-hear-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/347743\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Sethupathi confirms script for ‘Maharaja 2’ by Nithilan Saminathan is complete: ‘I\u2019m excited to hear it’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VijayActor Vijay Sethupathi confirmed that director Nithilan Saminathan has completed the script for ‘Maharaja 2,’ the sequel to their 2024 blockbuster. Sethupathi expressed his excitement to hear the script soon. This news follows his recent confirmation of other upcoming collaborations with renowned filmmakers and several projects in various stages of production. Actor Vijay Sethupathi<\/a> has once again shown why he is one of the most versatile performers in Indian cinema<\/a>. Starting his career with small roles, the actor slowly built a strong place for himself in the film industry. He first appeared in a lead role in ‘Thenmerku Paruvakaatru’ and became famous for his natural acting skill and ordinary look. The actor became famous for the realism with which he presented his character rather than the traditional style of an action hero. Over the years, he has also taken on powerful villain roles and important supporting characters in big films, which further increased his popularity across India.<\/p>\n

Vijay Sethupathi speaks about upcoming collaborations with directors<\/p>\n

Vijay Sethupathi recently confirmed that he has several interesting projects lined up with well-known filmmakers. During a recent interview with Galatta Plus, he spoke about working with acclaimed director Mani Ratnam, saying the filmmaker works very quickly and with great clarity. The actor mentioned that he is eager to spend time understanding the script and preparing for the project. He also mentioned his work with director Thiagarajan Kumararaja<\/a> for the movie ‘Pocket Novel.’ Vijay Sethupathi says he is comfortable with Kumararaja as a director and notes that Kumararaja is very conscientious, encouraging and excels in every department. <\/p>\n

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Several films and web series in the pipeline<\/p>\n

Apart from these collaborations, Vijay Sethupathi has a number of projects in different stages of production. He will next be seen in the movie ‘Slum Dog: 33 Temple Road,’ directed by Puri Jagannadh, which is slated to be a pan-Indian film. The actor will also appear in the web series ‘Muthu Engira Kaattaan,’ directed by Manikandan, which is set to stream on a popular platform. In addition, he is acting in the film ‘Train,’ directed by Mysskin.<\/p>\n

Possible sequel and future projects excite fans<\/p>\n

Another exciting development is the possible sequel to Vijay Sethupathi\u2019s hit film ‘Maharaja.’ Directed by Nithilan Saminathan, the 2024 release transformed into a blockbuster. The actor, Vijay Sethupathi, recently stated that the director has completed writing the script for the sequel and that he cannot wait to listen to it soon. In a conversation with Galatta Plus, Vijay Sethupathi said, \u201cDirector Nithilan Saminathan has completed the script for Maharaja 2. I\u2019m excited to hear it soon.\u201dVijay Sethupathi was last seen in the silent film, ‘Gandhi Talks’ with Arvind Swamy and Aditi Rao Hydari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Vijay Sethupathi confirmed that director Nithilan Saminathan has completed the script for ‘Maharaja 2,’ the sequel to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,133588,61,1121,60,158473,158475,270,158474,158477,158476,125218,74397,18575],"class_list":["post-347743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-gandhi-talks","tag-ie","tag-indian-cinema","tag-ireland","tag-maharaja-2","tag-maharaja-sequel","tag-movies","tag-nithilan-saminathan","tag-pocket-novel","tag-thiagarajan-kumararaja","tag-upcoming-films","tag-versatile-actor","tag-vijay-sethupathi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}