After a long wait, the makers of Karthi's Vaa Vaathiyaar have announced that the film will release in December this year. Directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, the film stars Krithi Shetty as the female lead, along with Sathyaraj and Rajkiran in prominent roles.

According to reports, the film revolves around a fanatic fan of legendary actor MGR, who raises his grandson like a reincarnation of MGR.

Vaa Vaathiyaar has music by Santhosh Narayanan in his third collaboration with Kumarasamy after Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016). The rest of the technical team includes cinematographer George C Williams and editor Vetre Krishnan. The film is bankrolled by KE Gnanavel Raja under his banner, Studio Green productions. 

Karthi was last seen in Meiyazhagan along with Arvind Swamy and Sri Divya, directed by C Prem Kumar. Apart from Vaa Vaathiyaar, he also has PS Mithran's Sardar 2 awaiting release.