Nerkonda Paarvai, starring Ajith Kumar and Shraddha Srinath, has passed the censors, and has been cleared with a U/A certificate. Earlier, it was announced that the film would get a worldwide release on August 8, a full week ahead of its originally speculated release date of August 15. Nerkonda Paarvai is the official Tamil remake of the Bollywood hit, Pink, which starred Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan.

Directed by H Vinoth, Nerkonda Paarvai stars Ajith in the role of a lawyer — originally played by Amitabh Bachchan — while Shraddha Srinath plays the main protagonist, a role essayed by Taapsee in the original. Vidya Balan portrays the role of Ajith’s wife in the film, which marks her Tamil debut. Nerkonda Paarvai also stars Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam of Bigg Boss fame, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao, Rangaraj Pandey, and Sujith Shankar. 

The music of  Nerkonda Paarvai is by Yuvan Shankar Raja and two songs from the film — Vaanil Irul and Kaalam, an EDM number featuring Kalki Koechlin in her first on-screen appearance in Tamil cinema — have already been released.