Vijay, 'GOAT' team visit late actor Vijayakanth's house to seek 'blessings'

Venkat Prabhu shared photos from their visit to Vijayakanth's house on X. Premalatha also shared a social media post about the same.

GOAT director Venkat Prabhu, Thalapathy Vijay and the film's team recently paid a visit to late actor-politician Vijayakanth's residence to seek his blessings for their film. For the unversed, Vijayakanth will be making a cameo in GOAT, thanks to AI. The director had earlier sought permission for the same from Vijayakanth's wife and politician, Premalatha.

On Monday, August 19, Venkat Prabhu shared photos from their visit to Vijayakanth's house on X. Premalatha also shared a social media post about the same.

Prematha, who is the president of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), had opened up about the same in one of her earlier interviews, "Venkat Prabhu visited our house 4-5 times and had several rounds of talks with my son, Shanmugapandian. He also requested him to meet me. I recently went to Chennai for the election campaign, and we met regarding the same. He explained that they wanted to bring back Captain [Vijayakanth] alive in a scene in 'GOAT'. They sought our permission. He also added that Vijay wanted to meet me in person."