Chennai, 16 Oct 2026: The coming together of an actor celebrated for his content-driven choices that have both won critically and commer cially, and a produc tion house known for churning out block buster entertainers has set the stage for an exciting new collabo ration in Tamil cinema.
Actor Soori’s seventh film as a lead actor and Mythri Movie Makers’ fourth Tamil production, headed by Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar, tentatively titled "Soori 7", commenced its journey with a grand pooja ceremony in Chennai on October 14, graced by prominent persona lities from the Tamil film industry. Actor Sivakarthikeyan clapped the clapboard, while producer Eldred Kumar switched on the camera, marking the auspicious beginning of the project.
The other promi nent guests present on the occasion included producer Elred Kumar, director Mathi Maran, Lyca Productions’ Tamil Kumaran, director Keerthis waran, Bejoy Arputha raj of Phantom Films, directors A.R.K. Sara vanan, Nalan Kumara samy, Mithran, Vetri Maaran and Ram kumar, and producer A run Vishwa.
The film is directed by Ravikumar, who has carved a distinctive space for himself with imaginative, entertain ing films such as Indru Netru Naalai and Ayalaan. Known for blending innovative story premises with humour and broad audience appeal, the filmmaker now joins hands with Soori for a project that brings together two distinc tive creative sensibi lities.
Producer Naveen Yerneni, who flew to Chennai to attend the pooja ceremony despite his pre-release commitments for Rana baali, expressed his enthusiasm for expand ing the banner’s pre sence in Tamil cinema.
For Mythri Movie Makers, the journey in Tamil Cinema has been extraordinary as the producers are wowed by the phenomenal cinema taste of audi ences, who are spread ing out red carpets for Commercial and Content-driven enter tainers that includes their maiden block buster venture ‘Good Bad Ugly’, followed by Dude and Modha Rathri. Significantly, this encouragement and heartwarming response has instilled in them, the urge to produce more Tamil movies. Rajisha Vija yan plays the female lead opposite Soori, bring ing together two perfor mers known for explor ing varied characters across their respective filmogra phies.
With Ravikumar at the helm and Mythri Movie Makers backing the project, the film brings together an interesting combina tion of talent, creativity and production ambition.