Two-time National Award-winning Tamil actor Dhanush is celebrating his birthday today and wishes for the superstar are pouring in from all quarters. As the multi-talented star performer celebrates his big day, the actor has a busy time up ahead with several high-profile film projects in his lineup after the highly-anticipated Captain Miller, which has been announced to be coming out in theatres worldwide on December 15. With Dhanush's fans everywhere kicking off the celebrations with the release of the action-packed Captain Miller teaser at midnight showing the actor in one of the most challenging roles in his glorious career, we take a look at some of his upcoming exciting film lineup, which has him collaborating with the biggest names in Indian cinema.
The below list is split into two categories - confirmed films and unconfirmed/yet-to-be-confirmed projects
Release date: December 15, 2023
Cast: Dhanush, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Shivarajkumar, Sundeep Kishan, John Kokken, Antony, Nivedhithaa Sathish, Elango Kumaravel
Director: Arun Matheswaran
Music: G. V. Prakash Kumar
Producer: Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan (Sathya Jyothi Films)
Release date: Yet to be announced
Cast: Dhanush
Director: Dhanush
Music: Yet to be announced
Producer: Kalanithi Maran (Sun Pictures)
Release date: Yet to be announced
Cast: Dhanush
Director: Sekhar Kammula
Music: Yet to be announced
Producer: Suniel Narang and Puskur Ram Mohan (Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP) in association with Amigos Creations Pvt Ltd
Release date: Announced to come out in theatres in 2024
Cast: Dhanush
Director: Aanand L. Rai
Music: A. R. Rahman
Producer: Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma (Colour Yellow Productions)
Release date: Yet to be announced
Cast: Dhanush
Director: Mari Selvaraj
Music: Yet to be announced
Producer: Wunderbar Films and Zee Studios
Cast: Dhanush
Director: Selvaraghavan
Music: Yet to be announced
Producer: Yet to be announced
Ever since Vada Chennai (2018) ended on a cliffhanger note with Dhanush as Anbu rising to the occasion and gearing up for battles up ahead, the announcement for the sequel, Vada Chennai - Anbuvin Ezhuchi or Vada Chennai 2, has been a long-awaited one. Dhanush too during his speech at the Vaathi audio launch earlier this year revealed that Vada Chennai 2 is still in development adding that it will definitely come and it now remains to be seen when the actor and Vetri Maaran will begin production.
A collaboration that has been celebrated unlike any other in recent times, there was a buzz sometime back stating that Dhanush and Vetri Maaran would collaborate once again for a new film. Although there have been no details regarding the said project, the news of the duo joining hands for a new venture after working on blockbusters like Polladhavan (2007), Aadukalam (2011), Vada Chennai (2018), and Asuran (2019) created massive excitement among fans, who will be looking forward to the big announcement soon.
Similar to Dhanush teaming up with director Vetri Maaran, social media was abuzz with the news of the actor collaborating with filmmaker H. Vinoth, who is best known for his films Sathuranga Vettai (2014), Nerkonda Paarvai (2019), Valimai (2022), and Thunivu (2023). Although there has been no confirmation about Dhanush and H. Vinoth joining hands, the news of them coming together has created quite a lot of curiosity among fans, with an official announcement on the project now awaited.
The past few months have been quite exciting for Tamil cinema fans after reports stated that Dhanush will be acting in a film to be produced under 'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan's Raaj Kamal Films International (RKFI) banner. Furthermore, it is being said that the project tentatively being called D49 will be directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, who has completed his Jailer with 'Superstar' Rajinikanth and it now remains to be seen if and when the film will be greenlit. And, to add to the excitement, expectations skyrocketed after news surfaced that the Dhanush-Nelson project will reportedly feature music composed by 'Rockstar' Anirudh Ravichander, and all eyes will now be on the official announcement.