The Greatest of All Time
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The Greatest of All Time (also marketed as GOAT) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[8] directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay in four roles, alongside Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Mohan, Jayaram, Ajmal Ameer, Vaibhav, Yogi Babu, Premgi Amaren, Sneha, Laila, Meenakshi Chaudhary and Abyukta Manikandan. It is the twenty-fifth production of the studio and the penultimate film of Vijay before his political entry. The film follows Gandhi, the former leader of an anti-terrorism squad, who reunites with his squad members to address the problems which were stemmed from their previous actions.
The film was officially announced in May 2023 under the tentative title Thalapathy 68, as it is Vijay’s 68th film as a leading actor, and the official title was announced that December. Principal photography commenced in October 2023 and wrapped by late June 2024. Filming locations included Chennai, Thailand, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka, Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, Russia and United States. The film has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography handled by Siddhartha Nuni and editing by Venkat Raajen. Made on a production budget of ₹380–₹400 crore, it is AGS’s most expensive film.
The Greatest of All Time was released worldwide on 5 September 2024 in standard and IMAX formats to mixed reviews from critics, who praised Vijay’s performance, action sequences and climax while the lack of character development and writing received criticism. The film ranks among the most expensive Indian films and is also one of the priciest non-English-language films ever made. It set several box office records for a Tamil film, emerging as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2024,[9][10][11] the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time, fifth highest-grossing Tamil film in overseas, and the third highest-grossing film in Tamil Nadu.[12]
- Vijay in four roles as:
- M. S. Gandhi
- Jeevan Gandhi / Sanjay Menon
- Akilan as child Jeevan
- Ayaz Khan as teenage Jeevan (deepfake)
- Vijay also portrays two clones of Jeevan
- Prashanth as Sunil Thiagarajan
- Prabhu Deva as Kalyan Sundaram
- Mohan as Rajiv Menon
- Jayaram as Nazeer
- Ajmal Ameer as Ajay Govindharaj
- Vaibhav as Sha
- Yogi Babu as Diamond Babu
- Premgi Amaren as Seenu
- Sneha (voice: Savitha) as Anuradha “Anu”
- Laila (voice: Savitha) as Dr. Radhika
- Meenakshi Chaudhary (voice: Manasi) as Srinidhi
- Abhyukta Manikandan as Jeevitha
- Yugendran as Abdul
- T. Siva as an Indian Embassy officer
- Subbu Panchu as SI Rajendran
- Aravind Akash as Aravind, a SATS officer
- Ajay Raj as Ajay, a SATS officer
- Dileepan as Dhilip, a SATS officer
- VTV Ganesh as Raghavan, security incharge of the Stadium
- Parvati Nair (voice: Prakruthee) as a junior SATS officer
- Omar Lateef as Omar, the terrorist
- Hrishikesh as Menon’s henchman
- Subramanian Gopalakrishnan as a SATS officer
- Irfan Zaini as Johnson, an Indian Embassy officer
- Sivakarthikeyan as himself (cameo appearance)
- Trisha Krishnan as an item number in the song “Matta” (cameo appearance)
- Y. G. Mahendran as RAW officer (cameo appearance)
- Kaniha as Abi Menon, Menon’s wife (cameo appearance)
- Anjena Kirti as a Juvenile warden (cameo appearance)
- Komal Sharma as a dancer in the song “Whistle Podu”
- Salem Parthiban as Traffic SI Elavarasu
Additionally, late actor Vijayakanth was featured in the film as a tribute with the use of artificial intelligence in a short appearance as M. S. Gandhi in disguise; voice was dubbed by K. Manikandan.[13] MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, along with Archana Kalpathi and Aishwarya Kalpathi, appear from archived footages in an IPL game featuring Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.