Mani Ratnam's upcoming film, Inji Vellam, has been announced to release on January 29. The upcoming film features Vijay Sethupathi and Sai Pallavi in lead roles.

Inji Vellam is a return to the romance genre for Mani Ratnam, who writes the film and produces it under his Madras Talkies banner, along with Siva Ananth. Subaskaran is also producing Inji Vellam under the Lyca Productions banner, continuing his collaboration with Mani Ratnam after Thug Life (2025).

Chaithra J Achar, who was recently seen in Meesaya Murukku 2 and 418, has been announced to join Inji Vellam's cast.

AR Rahman is composing music for the upcoming film, continuing his collaboration with the director for the 19th time. The crew of Inji Vellam includes cinematographer Avik Mukhopadhyay, editor Sreekar Prasad, art director Sharmishta Roy, and action choreographer Dhilip Subbarayan.

Netflix has bagged the streaming rights for the upcoming film. Meanwhile, Sony Music has acquired the music rights.

Apart from Inji Vellam, Vijay Sethupathi will be seen in Mysskin's Train, which opens in theatres on December 4, and Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Pocket Novel, which releases on January 14, 2027, for Pongal. Meanwhile, Sai Pallavi will next be seen in Om – Chapter 1: Udhiram – The Blood Wood, which opens in theatres on November 20. The film reunites the actor with director Rajkumar Periyasamy after Amaran (2024) and Dhanush, after Maari 2 (2018).