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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