Vijay may not have a release next year for Pongal, but he surely seems to have given his fans a reason to celebrate.

Well, the first teaser of "Theri" will be released for Pongal 2016, say reports. The makers have decided to release a short video to just make the actor's fans happy. Although the news has not come straight from the horse's mouth, it is reported that the makers have decided their plans and work on the teaser will begin in the first week of January.

As the song shooting is yet to begin, one can expect something related to Vijay's character in "Theri", add reports. Thesedays makers of big banner films prefer to release the first looks, teasers and trailers at midnight to generate hype and the makers of "Theri" may also follow it, claim some reports.

Coming to Vijay, often his films release for Pongal but this time is an exception as his latest movie is not ready. The forthcoming film is expected to release for Tamil New Year in April.

"Theri" is a cop movie in which Vijay and Amy Jackson are playing the role of police officers. The mega-budget movie has been written and directed by Atlee Kumar of "Raja Rani" fame and produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu.

Currently, the talkie portion has been completed and the song shoot will begin in January. The director will get ample time to complete the post-production works before the film gets ready for the release in April.

"Theri" has Samantha playing Vijay's love interest with Prabhu and Raadhika Sarathkumar portraying the roles of parents of the Ilayathalapathy in the forthcoming flick. Mahendran plays the antagonist's character with Santhanam, Rajendran, Kaali Venkat and others in the supporting cast.