We brought you the news first that Vijay's next after 'Master' will be helmed by Sudha Kongara and this will be the first time that he is collaborating with a female director. Read: Vijay to work with female director for the first time in 'Thalapathy 65'? and After 'Master' Vijay fixes 'Thalapathy 65' release date too

We had also reported that Sun Pictures will be bankrolling 'Thalapathy 65' and G.V. Prakash Kumar will be scoring the music. Now we have the information from reliable sources that Vijay after listening to the script was already impressed and later had also watched Sudha's 'Soorarai Pottru' starring Suriya and was mighty pleased with the film.

The sources swear that advances have already been paid to Vijay, Sudha and GVP signaling that 'Thalapathy 65' is greenlit and other details will come as soon as 'Master' is completed in the second week of March.