‘Jana Nayagan’ The First Roar: Vijay plays the true leader for the masses in H Vinoth’s film

The makers of Tamil star Vijay’s upcoming movie, Jana Nayagan, released the film’s first glimpse on the occasion of the actor’s 51st birthday on Sunday (June 22). The film will be released in theatres on January 9, 2026, during the festival of Pongal. Directed by H Vinoth, the film marks Vijay’s last outing before he gets into full-time politics.

Titled ‘The First Roar’, the video begins with the word En Nenjil Kudiyirikum (to those who live in my heart), the famous line the actor-politician utters at the beginning of his public speeches. The glimpse video introduces Vijay as a cop wielding a blood-stained sword.

“A true leader rises not for power, but for the people,” says a caption in the video. Anirudh Ravichander’s background score comes with the mention of ‘Thalapathy’, the actor’s famous moniker. Jana Nayagan is touted to be a political actioner.

The previously released first look of the highly anticipated movie had the star recreate his iconic selfie from the sets of Master in Neyveli in February 2020, while the second look featured the star wielding a whip, with ‘Naan Aanai Ittaal’ written as a tagline (‘Naan Aanai Ittaal’ is the iconic song of late actor-politician MG Ramachandran from his 1965 film, Enga Veettu Pillai.)

Starring his Beast co-star Pooja Hegde as the female lead, the film features an ensemble star cast that includes veteran Bollywood actor Bobby Deol, Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Narain, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Mamitha Baiju.

This is Anirudh’s his fifth collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi, Master, Beast, and Leo. With Sathyan Sooriyan handling the cinematography, the film has Pradeep E Ragav as the editor, Analarasu as the stunt choreographer, and Selvakumar as the art director. Anal Arasu is the action choreographer.

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Jana Nayagan is produced by Venkat K Narayana of KVN Productions, and co-produced by Jagadish Palanisamy and Lohith NK. KVN Productions is also behind the magnum opus Toxic, starring Yash.