Ashok Selvan and Soundarya Rajinikanth team up for Gangs

Producer-Director Soundarya Rajinikanth announced a new web series starring Ashok Selvan in the lead role. The series, titled Gangs, is written and directed by Noah Abraham who has previously worked with Soundarya in Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 as an assistant director. The filming for the series began with an official pooja today.

Soundarya took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "And we begin on this auspicious day proud to be the showrunner for this awesome series we have been working on the past few years!!! Writer & director - Noah Abraham, featuring our dear & dynamic @AshokSelvan and a stellar cast and the most Amazing crew we will announce soon !!!! Huge thank you to my dearest team @May6Ent may 6 entertainment and wonderful to collaborate with @PrimeVideoIN amazon prime absolutely exciting times ahead. God's grace."

Gangs is produced by Soundarya's production house May 6 Entertainment and will be released on Amazon Prime Video. Apart from Ashok Selvan, details of the rest of the cast and crew has not been announced yet. 

Interestingly Noah Abraham was the creative producer of Ashok Selvan's Oh My Kadavule (2020). He has also worked as a creative associate in Vidiyum Munn (2013).

Ashok Selvan was last seen in the recent crime thriller Por Thozhil, directed by Vignesh Raja. He also starred in the lead role in the episode Imaigal, in the Amazon Prime Video web series Modern Love Chennai.

Soundarya Rajinikanth's last directorial was Velaiilla Pattadhari 2, starring Dhanush and Kajol in lead roles, which was released in 2017. In 2021, she announced a web series titled Puthu Vellam - Ponniyin Selvan, based on Kalki Krishnamoothy's historic novel. It is scripted and directed by Sharath Jothi. Since then, there has been no update regarding the same.