Good Bad Ugly starring Ajith Kumar in the lead is an upcoming gangster action scheduled to release in theaters on April 10, 2025. Film's writer, director Aadhik Ravichandran recently revealed in a print interview with a Tamil magazine that upcoming actor Kaarthikeyaa Dev plays actor Ajith's son in Good Bad Ugly. 

Kaarthikeyaa Dev shot to fame playing the younger version of Prithviraj Sukumaran' character in the Telugu-Hindi bilingual Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire (2023). The Salaar child artist is currently all set to make his Malayalam debut under Prithviraj Sukumaran's direction with L2: Empuraan, once again playing Prithviraj Sukumaran's younger version. 

L2 Empuraan aka L2E releases in theaters on March 27, 2025. A production venture of Mythri Movie Makers, Good Bad Ugly marks the first direct Tamil release for actor Karthikeya Dev.