Bollywood’s badshah Shah Rukh Khan is coming back on the big screens in full gusto soon. While he is gearing up for the release of his action film Pathaan with Deepika Padukone, there is a new development on his eagerly awaited film Jawan. The Atlee directorial will now star South superstar Vijay Sethupathi as the villain in the film. 

Earlier there were reports that makers of Jawan were keen to rope in Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati in the negative role but the latter’s dates were all taken up by other work commitments. Thus Vijay was brought on board. An official announcement of his entry into the cast of Jawan is awaited. 

Jawan also stars South actress Nayanthara as SRK’s love interest in Jawan. The film will release in June 2023 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Vijay Sethupathi will also be making his Bollywood debut in the upcoming film Merry Christmas opposite Katrina Kaif.