Karthik Subbaraj to direct Suriya's 44th film

Director-producer Karthik Subbaraj has announced that he will team up with Suriya for his next, which has been tentatively titled - Suriya 44.

The Petta director has added a tagline - Love, Laughter and War, hinting that this film will be a mix of all.

The announcement poster shows a car crash and a wildfire with an arrow penetrating a tree. The film will jointly be produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment and Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Films.

Suriya is gearing up for the release of Kanguva which is being made in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has Vetrimaaran's Vaadivasal under pre-production.

Recently, the actor issued a statement that his 43rd film with Sudha Kongara, titled Puranaanooru, will undergo a delay as they require some time to do complete justice to the story. The cast also includes Nazriya Nazim and Dulquer Salmaan.