Filmmaker and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) convenor Seeman will be seen leading director R Subramanian's Dharmayutham. The film borrows the title from the 1979 Rajinikanth starrer.

The announcement came with a title poster on Friday. The film is expected to be set as a courtroom drama.

Seeman, who served as an assistant director to veteran filmmaker Manivannan, went on to helm films such as Panchalankurichi (1996), Iniyavale (1998), Veeranadai (2000), Thambi (2006), and Vazhthukkal (2008). Following the crescendo of the Sri Lankan civil war that resulted in the death of LTTE leader Prabhakaran, Seeman shifted his focus to politics and floated a party, Naam Tamil Katchi, that promotes Tamil nationalism, as he claims Dravidian ideology has been betraying the Tamils all these years.

He, however, made appearances in films such as Mayandi Kudumbathar (2009), Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA (2013), Traffic Ramasamy (2018), and Miga Miga Avasaram (2019), with his last on-screen role in Munthirikkaadu (2023). He will next be seen in an important role in Vignesh Shivan's Love Insurance Kompany (LIK), starring Pradeep Ranganathan in the lead.

Dharmayutham also stars Anu Sithara and RK Suresh in pivotal roles. The rest of the star cast and plot details are yet to be revealed.

Produced by Planet 9 Pictures' RK Sivakumar and Moon Pictures' Adham Bava, the film's technical crew comprises cinematographer Chezhiyan, music composer Vishal Chandrasekhar, and editor Bhuvan Srinivasan.