Draft:Irumbu Kai Mayavi

Irumbu Kai Mayavi is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language fantasy film written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The film stars Suriya in the titular role. This will be the standalone film and not a part of his cinematic universe.

Cast

 * Suriya

Development
After completing filming for Maanagaram in 2016, S. R. Prabhu and S. R. Prakash Babu, headers of Dream Warrior Pictures, had approached the director of the film, Lokesh Kanagaraj, to collaborate for his directorial venture after the film. Lokesh agreed and wrote a script titled Irumbu Kai Mayavi, which was inspired by the comics The Steel Claw. Suriya was brought on board to be featured in the lead role, and it was intended to be made on a production budget of inr 600000000, mainly due to the need of VFX. However, Lokesh found it to be a "huge leap" from his previous venture, which was made on a budget of ₹4 crore, and too much. Which led to him requesting to do another film, with a lower budget. Eventually, the producers, who insisted to do Irumbu Kai Mayavi, agreed to Lokesh's request and ended up working on another project featuring Suriya's brother Karthi, which became Kaithi (2019).

While promoting for Vikram in 2022, Lokesh hinted at reviving Irumbu Kai Mayavi, as he, during an interview, stated that Suriya had expressed interest to the director about reviving it. On 18 February 2024, Lokesh, at a Comic Con event in Chennai, stated that he would most possibly begin production for the film after he completes his prior commitments, which includes standalone and Non-LCU film Coolie, LCU films Kaithi 2, Leo 2, Vikram 2 and spin-off film Rolex, which also features Suriya.