On March 18, 2024, actor Suriya's production banner 2D Entertainment officially announced the delay of their announced project 1965 Puranaanooru, which was to be directed by Sudha Kongara. Latest buzz in K-town is that actor Sivakarthikeyan has now replaced Suriya as the lead of Puranaanooru, though an official announcement on the same is awaited. 

It is also being said that Puranaanooru will now be produced by a debutant by the name Akash Krishnan. Touted to be set around the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation of Tamil Nadu, Puranaanooru will showcase the lead actor as a revolutionary college student.

The original movie had names like Dulqer Salmaan playing the lead character's brother, Nazriya Fahadh playing female lead, and GV Prakash for music; It remains to be seen which names will now be roped in for these roles.