It was previously revealed that director H Vinoth and Kamal Haasan are joining hands for a film. Raaj Kamal Film International, the production house of Kamal made an official announcement regarding the project in July 2023. 

Currently referred to as KH233, the title announcement video of the film featured a back shot of Kamal holding a flaming torch in his hand. The film has a story penned by Kamal Haasan himself and a screenplay by Vinoth. 

With the Thunivu director celebrating his birthday today, Kamal Haasan dropped a message on his social media handle. Sharing a picture with the director, Kamal Haasan wrote in Tamil, which roughly translates to, "As the darkness in the society lifts, the screen lights up. Happy birthday, dear brother H Vinoth."

The makers of KH233 had also released a special video for the director where montages of his movies along with their taglines were featured.  

Kamal, who is currently busy shooting for Shankar's long-awaited Indian 2, is expected to begin working on Prabhas' Project K which is now titled Kalki 2898 AD, directed by Nag Ashwin before starting KH233. The National Award-winning actor also has a film with Mani Ratnam in the lineup, which is referred to as KH234.

There is no information about the rest of the cast and crew for Vinoth's directorial at the moment. An official announcement regarding this is expected to be made by the makers soon.