Draft:KH 233

KH 233 is the working title of upcoming Indian Tamil-language film starring Kamal Haasan, in his 233rd film as a lead role, who also produced the film along with R. Mahendran. It is is written and directed by H. Vinoth.

The film was officially announced in July 2023, with the tentative title KH 233, as it is Haasan's 233rd film as the lead actor. Principal photography is reported to commence in October 2023.

Cast

 * Kamal Haasan

Development
In August 2022, it was reported that director H. Vinoth had met Kamal Haasan at his residence and narrated a script, which the actor was impressed by. Haasan's production house Raaj Kamal Films International was reported to fund the project, and was to begin production after Vinoth completes his commitments to Thunivu (2023) and Haasan finishes his to Indian 2. On 4 July 2023, Haasan's house officially announced the project, and tentatively titled it as KH 233. Haasan underwent gun shooting training for the film. In early October, Harris Jayaraj was reportedly approached to compose the score for the film, marking the film as his collaboration with Haasan after 17 years; Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006).

Casting
In mid November 2022, Vijay Sethupathi was reported to be in talks for a possible role in the film. It would mark as Sethupathi's second film with Haasan after Vikram (2022). Later in June 2023, Yogi Babu was reported to be part of cast. In early November, it was reported that Sandalwood actor Shiva Rajkumar would play an important role in the film. The film would mark as his third Tamil film after a cameo appearance in Jailer (2023) and an important role in Captain Miller.

Filming
Principal photography is reported to commence in October 2023.

Home media
The streaming rights were reportedly bought by Netflix for inr 1250000000.