Suriya goes back to his birth name, Saravanan, and dons the black and white uniform for the third time in the teaser of Karuppu. The teaser for the RJ Balaji film was unveiled by the makers on Wednesday, on the occasion of Suriya's birthday.

The teaser likens Suriya's Saravanan to the guardian deity, Karuppu Samy, as the actor is seen donning a black shirt and a black dhoti in a village getup. We then see him in a lawyer's coat at court by day, playing an advocate for the third time after his stint in Jai Bhim and Etharkkum Thunindhavan. The film also has references to Suriya's past films, like the famous watermelon scene from Ghajini. With lively background music, a lot of colour, and the setting being both rural and urban, Karuppu promises to be a wholesome entertainer with equal parts action and comedy.

Suriya's much-anticipated 45th film with RJ Balaji, Karuppu, stars Trisha as the female lead. The cast also includes Yogi Babu, popular Malayalam actor Indrans, Lubber Pandhu star Swasika, Sshivada, Natty, Supreeth Reddy, and Anagha Maya Ravi.

On the technical team, the film has music by Sai Abhyankkar, cinematography by GK Vishnu, editing by Kalaivanan, art direction by Arun Venjaramoodu, and stunt direction by Vikram Mor. The upcoming film also reunites Suriya with his NGK producers and RJ Balaji with his Sorgavaasal makers, SR Prabhu and SR Prakash Babu of Dream Warrior Pictures.

Suriya, who was last seen in Karthik Subbaraj's Retro, is also working on director Venky Atluri's Suriya 46, which went on floors earlier this month. The film also stars Mamitha Baiju, Raveena Tandon, and Radikaa Sarathkumar in pivotal roles, with GV Prakash scoring music.

Karuppu is RJ Balaji's third directorial after LKG and Mookuthi Amman. He last played the lead in Sorgavaasal last year and has Happy Endingin the making.