It is well known that actor Vaibhav is awaiting the release of his film Chennai City Gangsters which stars Athulya Ravi as the female lead. The title is a callback to the song sung by Anirudh in the film Vanakkam Chennai (2013). The makers have now released Vaibhav's character poster from the film. He plays Pandi in the film.

The film will be helmed by Vikram Rajeshwar and Arun Keshav in their directorial debut. Both of them have directed advertisements earlier. Vikram is the son of writer and director K Rajeshwar who has worked as a writer in films like Kadalora Kavidhaigal, Paneer Pushpangal, Seevelaperi Pandi, Vetri Vizha, to name a few.

Apart from Vaibhav and Athulya, Chennai City Gangsters also stars Anandraj, Rajendran, John Vijay, Redin Kingsley, Sunil Reddy, Ilavarasu, PL Thenappan and others in supporting roles.

Interestingly, Chennai City Gangsters will mark the first time brothers Vaibhav and Sunil will be sharing screen space.

The technical crew consists of D Imman scoring the music, while Tijo Tomy and Suresh A Prasad have been roped in as the cinematographer and editor respectively. Arun Shankar Durai is doing the art direction and stunts are handled by Don Ashok. The film is backed by Bobby Balachandran under his home banner BTG Universal. A release date is yet to be revealed by the makers.