Actor Vijay Sethupathi's upcoming film with director Nithilan Saminathan is titled Maharaja. It will mark the actor's 50th film. It will mark Vijay Sethupathi's first collaboration with Nithilan, who rose to fame with the 2017 film Kurangu Bommai. The film is jointly produced by Sudhan Sundaram's Passion Studios and Jagdish Palanisamy's The Route banners.

Maharaja boasts a stellar cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, and Natty Natraj in pivotal roles. It also stars Abhirami, Arul Doss, Munishkanth, Boys Manikandan, Singam Puli, Bharathiraja, Vinod Sagar, and PL Thenappan. 

While the cinematography is handled by Dinesh Purushothaman, Maharaja has music by Ajaneesh Loknath and edits by Philomin Raj. Meanwhile, Vijay Sethupathi has a slew of projects including Merry Christmas, Gandhi Talks, and Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan.