Naga Vamsi says Suriya 46 is not a "pan-Indian film", shares production update

Actor Suriya, who was last seen in Kanguva is currently working on two projects simultaneously - RJ Balaji's Karuppu, and the untitled Suriya 46, directed by Venky Atluri. While the Mookuthi Amman director recently revealed that three-fourth of the film has been completed, an update regarding Suriya 46 was long-awaited. Producer Naga Vamsi, who is backing the project under his Sithara Entertainments banner, recently shared that almost 50 per cent of the film's shooting had been wrapped.

The noted producer announced the update during a round table conversation with NTV Entertainment. When probed by the anchor if Suriya 46 and a Kannada film starring Rishab Shetty would be pan-India films, he said Suriya's upcoming film will not fall into the genre.

Apart from Suriya, the film stars Mamitha Baiju as the female lead. Bhavani Sre, Radikaa Sarathkumar and senior Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon are portraying key roles.

It is to be noted that Raveena Tandon is acting in a Tamil film after 24 years, with her last project being Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan (2001).

In a recent interview, Venky stated, "Suriya 46 will be a proper happy family film, with a very good human emotion." He further elaborated on the project, indicating that Suriya's character in it would exhibit "shades similar to Sanjay Ramaswamy character (from Ghajini)." This was seen in the first look poster of the film, which was released on the actor's birthday in July.

On the technical team, GV Prakash will be scoring the music for Suriya 46. He is reuniting with Venky Atluri for the third time after Vaathi (2023) and Lucky Baskhar (2024). This is also the composer's second film with Suriya after Soorarai Pottru (2020). Interestingly, GV Prakash and Mamitha Baiju also worked together in last year's Rebel, directed by Nikesh RS. The film marked her Tamil debut. The technical crew also includes editor Navin Nooli and cinematographer Nimish Ravi.

Suriya 46 is scheduled to be released in theatres during the Summer of 2026.