D54: First look of Dhanush from 'Por Thozhil' director's new film released

We recently reported that Dhanush’s 54th film, tentatively titled D54, commenced production. The makers have now released the first official still from the film. The image shows Dhanush in a telephone booth, and hints at the film (or parts of it) being set in an older era.

Vels Film International posted the still with the caption, "Straight from the sets of #D54 - Shoot in progress!"

Directed by Vignesh Raja, who made his directorial debut with the 2023 Tamil thriller Por Thozhil, which starred R. Sarathkumar and Ashok Selvan, and earned rave reviews aside from being a commercial success.

 

D54 features a mixed ensemble from Mollywood and Tollywood. Aside from Dhanush, the film also stars Mamitha Baiju, K.S. Ravikumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Karunas, Jayaram, and Pritivi Pandiraj. Ishari K. Ganesh bankrolls the production under his Vels Film International banner.

 

The film has a script by Alfred Prakash, who also wrote Por Thozhil, with G. V. Prakash Kumar as the composer, and Theni Eswar as the cinematographer. Sreejith Sarang, who edited Por Thozhil, is handling the edits this time around too.

 

Shooting for D54 began one week after main man Dhanush wrapped up the shoot for his film Tere Ishk Mein, helmed by Aanand L. Rai. With a release date set for November, he will be seen alongside Kriti Saon and Prabhu Deva. Dhanush will also step in the shoes of scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the film Kalam: The Missile Man of India.

 

Meanwhile, Dhanush is also gearing up for the release of his next directorial Idly Kadai, which he also wrote and co-produced, in association with Dawn Pictures.The film, which sees a reunion between Dhanush and Nithya Menen after Thiruchitrambalam, also features Arun Vijay, Shalini Pandey, Sathyaraj, R. Parthiban, P. Samuthirakani and Rajkiran.

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