We had previously reported about Vikram Prabhu joining hands with filmmaker Suresh Rajakumari for his directorial debut. The film, which also marks producer SS Lalit Kumar's son LK Akshay Kumar's debut, has been titled Sirai.
Sirai stars Anantha as the female lead, opposite Vikram’s character. It also marks the Tamil debut of Malayalam actor Anishma Anilkumar, of I Am Kathalan fame.
An intense first look poster released by Lokesh Kanagaraj had Vikram Prabhu in a police attire trying to help Akshay Kumar and Anishma's characters. The upcoming film is based on a story by director Tamizh, who is best known for 2022's Taanakkaran.
In an earlier interview with Cinema Express, director Suresh revealed that Sirai is based on a real incident that happened to Tamizh while he was working as a police officer. "It follows a cop as he takes a young accused to court. During their journey, he gets to learn about the accused’s past. The incident dates back to 2003, and we looked for the real young man to ask him about the case to learn what happened to him. But we could not find him. Therefore, we had to fictionalise the story," he added. Akshay Kumar stars as the young man who stands accused of committing a crime.
Suresh has previously worked with Vetri Maaran as his associate since 2015’s Visaranai.
The technical team of Sirai includes composer Justin Prabhakaran, cinematographer Madhesh Manickam and editor Philomin Raj. SS Lalit Kumar is backing the film under his Seven Screen Studios banner.
