''Thalaivan Thalaivii'' () is an upcoming Indian

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-language film written and directed by

Pandiraj Pandiraaj (formally credited and addressed as ''Pandiraj'') is an Indian film director, producer and writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), and directed many commercially successful films. He has won several award ...

. Produced by Sathya Jyothi Films, the film stars

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National F ...

and

Nithya Menen N. S. Nithya (born 8 April 1990), known professionally as Nithya Menen is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil language, Tamil, and Telugu language, Telugu films . She has also acted in few Kannada langua ...

in the lead roles. The film has music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by

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and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav.

Cast

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. He has won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), '' Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018), '' Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018), '' Love Today'' ( ...

* Chemban Vinod Jose * R.K. Suresh *

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* Saravanan * Roshini Haripriyan

Production

Development

After ''

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'' (2024),

was reported to sign a family entertainer subject film with

, who last directed '' Etharkkum Thunindhavan'' (2022) and to be produced by Lyca Productions. Soon, it was reported that

was approached to play the female lead. On 23 August 2024, the project was officially announced, thereby confirming Nithya Menen as the female lead opposite to Sethupathi, who earlier shared screen together in '' 19(1)(a)'' (2022). In early-September 2024, ''Indiaglitz'' reported that

Mysskin Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin (), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, actor, film producer and composer. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with '' Chithiram Pesuthadi''. His subsequent fil ...

had been cast in as the antagonist, making his maiden on-screen collaboration with Sethupathi, while the latter is appearing in Mysskin's yet to release film, ''Train''. Sethupathi was reported to play the role of a

parotta Parotta or porotta (Malayalam: പൊറോട്ട, Tamil: பரோட்டா) is a layered Indian flatbread made from refined flour, eggs and oil. It is commonly seen in South India, especially in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as w ...

master and inorder to make it look authentic, he took training with a real parotta master. The film also features Chemban Vinod Jose, R.K. Suresh,

, Saravanan, and Roshini Haripriyan in important roles. On 2 May 2025, Santhosh Narayanan confirmed his inclusion in this film, which was tentatively tiled ''VJS52'', as it is Sethupathi's 52nd film in the lead role. The title-reveal teaser was released on 3 May 2025, thereby revealing the title to be ''Thalaivan Thalaivii'', showing Sethupathi and Menen as husband and wife, engaging in a war of words while making kothu parotta. The film is produced by Sathya Jyothi Films while the film's cinematography is handled by

and editing is handled by Pradeep E. Ragav.

Filming

The first schedule of the

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began in mid-August 2024 in

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, but got stopped mid-way and in late-October 2024 the filming resumed at Tiruchendur, while Pandiraaj informed that the filming is planned in places around

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, Tiruchendur and

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, but was predominantly shot in places around

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. The filming got wrapped on 23 February 2025. The film was in the post-production stage during the title teaser announcement.

Music

The music is composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The first single "Pottala Muttaye" was released on 9 June 2025.

References

External links

* {{Sathya Jyothi Films Upcoming films 2020s Indian films 2020s Tamil-language films Films about families Films directed by Pandiraj Films scored by Santhosh Narayanan Tamil-language Indian films