On Friday, on the 5th anniversary of Karthi-Lokesh Kanagaraj's Kaithi, the director took to his official X handle to share a nostalgia post about the film, while teasing the film's sequel. 

Sharing a BTS photo from the film, he wrote, "It all started from here! Grateful to Karthi sir, SR Prabhu sir and the ‘universe’ for making this happen. Dilli will return soon." 

Co-written by Pon Parthiban, Kaithi also stars Narain, Arjun Das, George Maryan, Harish Uthaman, Dheena, Baby Monica, Ramana, Amjath, Kanna Ravi, Hareesh Peradi, and Arun Alexander among others. Kaithi is produced by S. R. Prakash Babu and S. R. Prabhu under Dream Warrior Pictures and co-produced by Tiruppur Vivek under Vivekananda Pictures

Kaithi is the first instalment in Lokesh Cinematic Universe. In the film, Dilli, a recently released prisoner races against time to drive poisoned cops to a hospital while evading criminals in exchange for meeting his daughter Amudha. Kaithi is a songless film with a score composed by Sam C. S. The cinematography and editing were handled by Sathyan Sooryan and Philomin Raj respectively.