Vishal's Irumbu Thirai, directed by debutant PS Mithran, stars Samantha as the lead heroine and Arjun as the antagonist. Robo Shankar and Delhi Ganesh play important roles in this film, which has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by George C Williams. The movie is touted for Pongal 2018 release.
Vishal took to his Twitter space to update about the film's progress, "Shooting with both Stunt & Dance Choreographers @ the same time for the opening song of #IrumbuThirai .... Good Fun@Samanthaprabhu2 @akarjunofficial @thisisysr @AntonyLRuben @george_dop @Psmithran."
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In recent interview, actor Vishal spoke in the capacity of the head of the Tamil Film Producers Council, and warned of severe action against any loan shark who may harass producers in the future, as well as any MLA or minister who supports them.
Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar has completely opposed the statements of Vishal. He has replied to them in an pressmeet, stating, "The accusations by Vishal are entirely wrong and baseless. He should have definitely refrained from making such comments."