| The Greatest of All Time | |
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| Directed by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Screenplay by | Venkat Prabhu Ezhilarasu Gunasekaran K. Chandru Manivannan Balasubramaniyam |
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| Story by | Venkat Prabhu[1] |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Siddhartha Nuni |
| Edited by | Venkat Raajen |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
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| Distributed by | see below |
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Running time | 183 minutes[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | est. ₹400 crore[3][4] |
| Box office | est. ₹126.32 crore[5] |
The Greatest of All Time (also marketed as GOAT) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[6] directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay in dual roles, alongside Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Mohan, Ajmal Ameer, Jayaram, Sneha, Laila, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Vaibhav, Yogi Babu, Premgi Amaren and Yugendran. It is the twenty-fifth production of the studio and the penultimate film of Vijay before his political entry. The film follows Gandhi, former leader of a special anti-terrorist squad, who reconciles 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 budget of ₹400 crore, it is AGS' most expensive film.
The Greatest of All Time was released worldwide on 5 September 2024 in standard and IMAX formats to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who praised the performance of the cast (especially Vijay), former half and climax while writing in the post-interval portions & some little bit of CGI received criticism.
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