Vinay Forrt, Anu Sithara and Krishna Sankar will headline director Sarju Remakanth's Vaathil. Vinay and Krishna Sankar have worked together before in Premam.

Scripted by Shamnad Shabeer, Vaathil is backed by Suji K Govindraj and Rajeesh Valanchery. The film will be a hybrid of family drama and thriller elements. "It takes place in a family backdrop for the entire first half and becomes a thriller after the interval," says Sarju, adding that Vinay and Anu play a husband and wife running an interior design firm.

The team will go on floors on March 15 in Thiruvananthapuram with a plan to release the film in theatres. Manesh Madhavan will crank the camera, and John Kutty will edit it.

Besides Vaathil, Vinay has Lijo Jose Pellissery's Churuli, Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval's Nna Thaan Case Kodu, and Mahesh Narayanan's Malik coming up soon.

Anu is also part of Anuradha Crime No. 59/2019 and Momo In Dubai.