Vijay's new film which is being directed by Nagashekhar is all set to be launched on the 29th of January at the Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore. 'Mastigudi' is based on a real incident which occurred in Biligiri Rangana Thittu in the 90s. Based on the incident, Nagashekhar has written the story and screenplay of the film. Another highlight of the film is Vijay will be seen in four different getups.

Sadhu Kokila will be composing the music for the film, while Satya Hegade is the cameraan. The film is being produced by Sundar Gowda and Anil who had earlier produced 'Jackson'.

Nagashekhar's 'Gadiara' which is in the news for the last six months is all set to be launched in the month of December. 'Gadiara' is a film which is to be simultaneously made in four languages including Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Tapsee Pannu has been selected as the heroine for all languages and hero will be changed according to each language.

The film is being produced by Kanakapura Srinivas under the R S Productions and Nagashekhar himself has written the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film. Sadhu Kokila's son Suraag is likely to be launched through this film as a the music director.