Earlier, we reported that musician-turned-actor Vijay Antony will mark his directorial debut with Pichaikkaran 2, the upcoming sequel to Pichaikkaran (2016). 

Now, Vijay has announced that the film will release in 2023 summer. He further noted that besides Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, the film will release in Hindi. He also revealed that the star network bagged the digital and satellite rights for Pichaikkaran 2. 

Apart from writing and directing, he will also compose the music, and edit and produce the film through his production house, Vijay Antony Film Corporation. Pichaikkaran 2 also stars John Vijay, Harish Peraddi, YG Mahendra, Ajay Ghosh, Yogi Babu and others.

In addition to this film, Vijay has several films in the pipeline in different stages of production, such as Thamezharasan, Agni Siragugal, Khaki, Kolai, Ratham, and Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan.