'Thandakaaranyam': Pa Ranjith's Next Production Stars Dinesh and Kalaiyarasan

Tamil filmmaker Athiyan Athirai's next film has been announced. Co-starring Dinesh and Kalaiyarasan, the film Thandakaaranyamuced and presented by Pa. will be co-produced by Ranjith. The film's first-look poster was launched by Ranjith on social media recently.

"A wild truth behind wildlife and its warriors #ThandakaaranyamFromSept19 - Mark the dates," Ranjith wrote on X, along with the film's poster. The first-look features Kalaiyarasan as a constable, with Dinesh by his side. The Tamil film will be released on September 19.

Athirai made his Tamil cinema directorial debut with 2019 film Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu, which also featured Dinesh in the lead role. The film, also produced by Pa Ranjith's Neelam Productions, co-starred Anandhi.

Pa Ranjith is currently working on his upcoming film Vettuvam with Arya. The Tamil filmmaker was booked along with three members of his production team following the unfortunate death of stuntman Mohan Raj during a shoot for Vettuvam. The fatal accident occurred on July 13 during the filming of a car-flip stunt involving an SUV. Mohan, the stunt performer executing the sequence, was critically injured on impact and later succumbed to his injuries.

Ranjith, who was recently granted bail, condoled the stuntman's death in a detailed post on X. “Our heart is broken for his wife, children, family and all who knew and loved Mohan Raj Anna as a colleague and a friend. A day that started out with detailed planning, caution, clarity in execution, prayers and all our goodwill, as it does on every film set that stages crash sequences, ended up in his unexpected death,” his note read. “Mohan Raj Anna was valued and respected by his colleagues in the stunt team and all of us in the crew. He was a veteran in performing stunts whose planning, clarity and execution we all relied on."