The makers of lyricist Pa Vijay's directorial Aghathiyaa, starring Jiiva, Arjun, Raashii Khanna, and Edward Sonnenblick, revealed the film's release date on Tuesday. The film will release in theatres on January 31 next year in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. It also stars Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, and Redin Kingsley. Ishari K Ganesh of Vels Film International and Aneesh Arjun Dev's Wam India produced Aghathiyaa. According to a press note, it is a horror-thriller film, but the makers are yet to reveal any details about its plot and characters.
Aghathiyaa is Pa Vijay's third directorial venture, after Strawberry (2015) and Aaruthra (2018). He doubled up as a writer in these two films, besides serving just as a writer in Gnabagangal (2009) and the Tamil dialogue writer for the Telugu film Rudhramadevi (2015). The film's technical crew comprises music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematograher Dipak Kumar Padhy, editor San Lokesh, stunt choreographer K Ganesh, and dance choreographer Sridhar.
Jiiva was last seen in debut director KG Balasubramani's Black, opposite Priya Bhavani Shankar. The film was praised for attempting to handle a mind-bending theme like multiple dimensions.