After Thupparivaalan, Vishal is working on his next, Irumbu Thirai, directed by PS Mithran. Now that he has completed one schedule of Sandakozhi 2, the actor kickstarted the final schedule of Irumbu Thirai on Sunday. Sources say the team is shooting in and around Ritchie Street braving heavy rains. "The shooting will continue till the end of this month without any break, so that the film can be released in January," adds a source.

Irumbu Thirai also features Samantha, Arjun, Robo Shankar, Vincent Asokan and Delhi Ganesh. While George C Williams is handling the cinematography, Yuvan Shankar Raja is in charge of the music.
 
Vishal is producing the film himself under the banner Vishal Film Factory.