KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4 -- The Indian Tamil-language political action thriller Jana Nayagan, which is set to star acclaimed actor "Thalapathy" Vijay, continues to draw massive hype following the release of its trailer last night, which has already clocked 26.4 million views on YouTube.

However, adding fuel to the excitement is the appearance of Malaysian actor Muhammad Irfan Mohamed Zaini, better known as Irfan Zaini, who appears twice in the trailer - first at the 1:09 mark, seemingly surrendering or being detained, and again at the 1:30 mark, charging forward with a gun.

This film marks Irfan's third collaboration with Vijay, a partnership that began in 2008 when a then 12 year old Irfan appeared in Kuruvi, playing heroine Radhadevi's (T...