It is known that Dhanush is collaborating with director Karthik Subbaraj for an upcoming film produced by Y Not and Reliance Entertainment. So far referred to as D 40, it was speculated that the film was going to be titled Suruli. Reliance Entertainment, which recently announced its slate for 2020, confirmed the same by referring to the film as Suruli. 

With music by Santhosh Narayanan, Suruli also stars Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Kalaiyarasan, Deepak Paramesh, and Sanchana Natrajan in key roles.

Shooting for the film was recently wrapped up with post-production in process now.  

Last seen in Enai Nokki Paayum Thotta, Dhanush is currently awaiting the release of RS Durai Senthikumar’s Pattas, which is slated to hit the screens on January 16. He also recently began shooting for Karnan, his film with Mari Selvaraj.