Thalapathy Vijay is currently shooting for his upcoming film Beast directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. The storyline of this much anticipated special film of Thalapathy was revealed lately and fans can't wait to witness this masterpiece action thriller film on big screens.

According to sources, a major portion of Beast takes place in a shopping mall that was hijacked by terrorists. As already revealed by Shivakarthikeyan the underlying story of Beast is said to revolve around gold trafficking.

Apart from Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaragavan, Yogibabu, VTV Ganesh, Gavin, John Vijay, Shine Tom Chaco are Aparna Das also play an important role in this film. It is said that as Vijay has an unshakable market in Kerala many Malayalam actors were cast in this film.

Art director Kiran has put up a huge shopping mall set near Leela Palace Hotel. The set is expected to be an exact replica of Forum Vijaya Mall in Vadapalani. The film is bankrolled by Sun pictures and almost 3/4th of the shooting is reportedly complete.