Shakthi Thirumagan is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by Arun Prabu, starring Vijay Antony in the lead role,[1] alongside Kannan, Vagai Chandrasekhar, Cell Murugan, Trupthi Ravindra, Kiran, Rini Bot, Riya Jithu, Shoba Viswanath, Master Keshav, Prashanth Parthiban and others in supporting roles. The film is scored and produced by Antony himself under his Vijay Antony Film Corporation banner.
The film was officially announced on 28 January 2025 under the tentative title VA25, marking Vijay Antony's 25th film in the lead role to be directed by Aruvi (2017) and Vaazhl (2021) fame director Arun Prabu.[4] The official title of the film Shakthi Thirumagan was announced on 29 January 2025.[5] Apart from Antony, the film marks the return of actor Kannan of Bharathiraja'sKadhal Oviyam (1982)[6] in an important role alongside Vagai Chandrasekhar, Cell Murugan, Trupthi Ravindra in her debut,[7]Kiran, Rini Bot, Riya Jithu, Shoba Viswanath, and child actor Master Keshav in supporting roles.[8] The film is produced by the lead actor himself under his Vijay Antony Film Production banner[9] and also has composed the music, while Raymond Derrick Crasta was chosen as the editor and Shelley Calist as the cinematographer,[10] continuing their collaboration with Arun Prabu after Vaazhl.[11]
Shakthi Thirumagan is scheduled to be released in theatres on 19 September 2025 along with its dubbed versions in Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi languages, with the Telugu-version titled Bhadrakali.[13] Earlier it was scheduled for 5 September 2025 [14]
Title disputes
On 29 January 2025, it was announced that Sudha Kongara's next directorial film starring Sivakarthikeyan and Ravi Mohan was titled Parasakthi, while earlier on the same day Vijay Antony's 25th film directed by Arun Prabu was titled Shakthi Thirumagan in the original Tamil version and Parasakthi for its Telugu dubbed version.[15] So, Vijay Antony informed that he had already registered the title with the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce a year ago.[16] But the 1952 film Parasakthi's producer and the original title holder AVM Productions clarified that they had officially granted the rights to use the title to Dawn Pictures.[17] So, the makers of Antony’s film and Dawn Pictures owner Aakash Baskaran arrived at a mutual decision, where Sivakarthikeyan's film would retain its title as Parasakthi in Tamil and Telugu languages and Antony’s film would retain its title as Parashakthi for the dubbed Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam versions, while a new title was to be decided for the Telugu version.[18][19] Later, the Telugu version was titled Bhadrakali.[20]
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