Dhanush And Director Vetrimaaran To Reunite For Their 5th Film Together

By Sunit Jangir
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM IST
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Dhanush And Director Vetrimaaran To Reunite For Their 5th Film Together

Chennai, January 13 - The blockbuster combo of national award winners, Tamil star Dhanush and director Vetrimaaran are all set to reunite for a new film which will mark their 5th title together. The movie will be produced by RS Infotainment in association with Red Giant Movies.





RS Infotainment, which also bankrolled the director's latest action thriller Viduthalai 2, took to social media platform X to celebrate 25 days of the film and also to confirm the new film with Dhanush and Vetrimaaran. The studio also confirmed a new film with actor Soori and it will be directed by Mathimaran Pugazhendhi.





The successful actor-director combo previously worked together on films like Polladhavan, Aadukalam, Vada Chennai, and Asuran, with Dhanush having received National Awards for his roles in Aadukalam and Asuran.





The upcoming film will begin only after director Vetrimaaran completes his next which is Vaadivaasal with Tamil star Suriya. It was announced a long time back and will finally kick off this year. The actor, on the other hand, has multiple films in the pipeline, including director Anand L Rai's Bollywood movie Tere Ishk Mein.





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