Actor Lijomol Jose will be playing the titular character in debut director Joshua Sethuraman's Gentlewoman.

The film was officially announced on Saturday with the launch of the first look by directors Karthik Subbaraj and Raju Murugan.

The makers say that Gentlewoman will redefine strength and grace and that being gentle is not just for men. The film also stars Losliya and Hari Krishnan.

Gentlewoman's technical crew comprises music director Govind Vasantha, cinematographer SA Kathavarayan, editor Elayaraja Sekar, stunt director Sudesh, choreographer Azar and Yugabharathi has penned the lyrics and dialogue.

Lijomol Jose had three releases in the last year: Nadanna Sambhavam, I Am Kathalan and Her (all are Malayalam films). She made her last Tamil film appearance in TJ Gnanavel's Jai Bhim (2021), with Suriya and Manikandan. Apart from Gentlewoman, Lijomol has Ponman (Malayalam), Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai (Tamil) and Daveed (Malayalam) in the pipeline.

Hari Krishnan was seen in a supporting role in Pa Ranjith's Thangalaan, along with Vikram, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Pasupathy. Meanwhile, Losliya's Mr Housekeeping, directed by Arun Ravichandran, recently released to mixed to positive reviews and is running in theatres.