New Delhi, June 14 -- "What starts as a flame ends in a blaze."

The production reunites a director and star whose only previous collaboration produced one of the most commercially successful Tamil action films of 2016. Iru Mugan, in which Vikram played both a research scientist and his villainous female alter ego, demonstrated Anand Shankar's appetite for high-concept genre filmmaking and Vikram's willingness to disappear into physically demanding dual roles. The sequel was long discussed but never materialized, making Chiyaan 63 a fresh start rather than a continuation, one that both filmmaker and star appear to have approached with renewed ambition.

Riya Shibu has been cast as the female lead, bringing a connection to Vikram's recent ...