Vanangaan

Vanangaan is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action drama film written, directed and co-produced by Bala under B Studios, while Suresh Kamatchi of V House Productions serves as co-producer. The film stars Arun Vijay and Roshni Prakash.

The film was announced untitled in March 2022, with Suriya starring and producing under his banner 2D Entertainment, while the title Vanangaan was announced that July. Despite some filming progress, Suriya and 2D Entertainment withdrew from the project that December due to storyline changes. Arun Vijay and Roshni Prakash replaced him and Krithi Shetty, respectively, while Bala took over producing duties alongside Suresh Kamatchi.

Filming with Arun commenced in March 2023 and wrapped in April 2024. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while the cinematography and editing are handled by R. B. Gurudev and Sathish Suriya, respectively.

Production
Suriya announced officially on 28 March 2022 that his next film, tentatively titled Suriya 41, would be directed by Bala and produced by himself and Jyothika under 2D Entertainment. On Bala's birthday, 11 July 2022, Suriya released the first look poster and the title Vanangaan in Tamil and Achaludu in Telugu. This would have been the third collaboration of Suriya and Bala after Nandha and Pithamagan. Suriya was reportedly playing dual roles, one of them deaf and mute. Krithi Shetty and Mamitha Baiju were signed on to play the female leads.

Filming was initially planned to be completed entirely in three months; however, work on the film stopped in June due to a reported tiff between the lead actor and director. Following this, Vanangaan was rumored to have been dropped, which Suriya debunked with a social media post in which he stated that he was "waiting to be back on sets". However, on 4 December 2022, Bala announced that Suriya and 2D Entertainment were no longer part of the project due to changes in the film's story. By March 2023, Arun Vijay was confirmed as Suriya's replacement and had begun filming, while Roshni Prakash replaced Shetty. The cinematographer of the film, Balasubramaniem, also dropped out of the film owing to the long delay and creative differences with Bala. R. B. Gurudev was announced as his replacement. The final filming schedule took place in Thiruvannamalai. Filming wrapped in April 2024.

Controversy
In 28 February 2024, Mamitha Baiju allegedly accused Bala of physically and mentally assaulting her during the shooting of the film, which eventually made her opt out of it. Later, she clarified that it was misinterpreted by the media and did she not experience any such incidents, but she opted out of the film due to other professional commitments. Later, film producer S. Saravanan of Orange Productions attempted to restrain the film's release via the Madras High Court due to its title, claiming he registered the title Vanangaan first in 2020. However, the court rejected his request.

Music
The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.