After four back-to-back direct OTT releases and 16 months since his last theatrical release, actor Dhanush is gearing up to light the silver screen with his upcoming Tamil film Thiruchitrambalam. The movie premieres in theaters this Thursday and here is all you need to know about the film:

• Release Date: August 18, 2022 (Thursday)

• Language: Tamil, Telugu (Dubbed as Thiru)

• First show (FDFS): 8 AM IST (10: 30 PM EST on August 17 in US) 

• Genre: Comedy, Drama

• Censor: U/A

• Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes

• Plot: Pazham Jr works as a food delivery service executive much to the chagrin of his police officer father, with whom he shares a dysfunctional relationship. How he navigates love and life with this and his two solaces - his grandfather and girl best friend forms the rest of the story. 

• Cast/Characters
  • Dhanush - Thiruchitrambalam (Pazham Jr.)
  • Bharathiraja - Thiruchitrambalam Sr (Pazham's grandfather)
  • Prakash Raj - Inspector Neelakandan (Pazham's father)
  • Raashi Khanna - Anusha/Anu (Pazham's classmate and love interest)
  • Nithya Menen - Shobana (Pazham's best friend)
  • Priya Bhavani Shankar - Ranjani, Pazham's ex-girlfriend
  • Munishkanth - Ranjani's father
  • Sriranjani - Ranjani's mother
  • Aranthangi Nisha

• Writing/Direction: Muthran R Jawahar

• Music: Anirudh

• Cinematography: Om Prakash

• Edits: Prasanna GK

• Art: Jacki

• Action: Stunt Silva

• Choreography: Satish Krishnan

• Costume design: Kavya Sriram

• Publicity design: Sivam C Kabilan

• Production: Sun Pictures

• Satellite: Sun TV

• OTT: Sun Nxt, Netflix