After Sundar C's exit from Rajinikanth's upcoming project Thalaivar 173, Kamal Haasan and Raaj Kamal Films International have been actively looking for directors to helm the film. The much-anticipated movie has been creating buzz ever since Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan confirmed their collaboration at an event last year, but the project landed in its own fair share of controversies after Sundar C left the project citing "unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances". Since then, speculations have been rife about multiple directors narrating their stories to the star, with most reports hinting at Parking filmmaker Ramkumar Balakrishnan and Dragon director Ashwath Marimuthu. While these remain unconfirmed, there were also rumours about RKFI dropping out of the project. However, the makers have shut all unverified claims regarding the film with a new announcement.

RKFI, in their new X post shared that a major news about the project will be unveiled at 11 am on Saturday, January 3. While they have not specified what it would be, social media users are eagerly awaiting an official announcement regarding the director of the movie locked for the much-anticipated project.

While cast and plot details are yet to be revealed, it is being reported that Sai Pallavi and Kathir are in early talks to join the team. Composer Sai Abhyankkar's name has also been doing the rounds. However, much details on the film has been kept under wraps.

While it is unclear if Kamal and Rajinikanth will share screen space in the upcoming film, they last appeared together in Thillu Mullu (1981) in Tamil and Geraftaar (1985) in Hindi.