A while ago, director Vetrimaaran had confirmed that "initial talks" were on with actor Suriya for a collaboration and at that time rumours were rife that Thanu of V Creations [who had produced Vetrimaaran's Asuran] will be bankrolling the Suriya project. It was even said that the story will be based on Tamil King Raja Raja Cholan and the construction of Thanjavur Temple.

However, no official confirmations followed. Now, with Vetrimaaran's name being associated with other actors like Vijay, it is being buzzed once again that the director will be collaborating with Suriya next. It is also being suggested that the film will be based on a novel [like Asuran was based on 'Vekkai'] and an official announcement is to be made soon.

//Update: Dec 21, 2019

After the tremendous success of Asuran, director @VetriMaaran will be teaming up with @Suriya_offl
for the first time in #Suriya40 @theVcreations is happy and proud to produce this film.
- S.Thanu

— Kalaippuli S Thanu (@theVcreations) December 21, 2019