Actor Arun Vijay's 23rd film as an actor has been titled as 'Kuttram 23'. This is a medical crime thriller directed by Arivazhagan. The film has been inspired from a story written by noted crime novelist Rajeshkumar.

Arun Vijay has launched his home banner In Cinemas Entertainments to produce this film. The actor's wife Aarthi Arun and Inder Kumar of In Cinemas Entertainment, and Redhaan The Cinema People banner are bankrolling this project.

Arun Vijay plays a cop for the first time in this film. Mahima Nambiar of 'Sattai' fame has acted as the female lead. Vamsi Krishna plays the lead antagonist. The supporting cast includes Arun Vijay's father Vijayakumar, Thambi Ramaiah, Abhinaya, Amith Bhargav, Aravind Akash and many others.

Vishal Chandrasekar is rendering the musical score. Bhaskaran KM is handling the cinematography while Bhuvan Srinivasan is taking care of Editing.

The shoot has been completed. Music album and trailer was launched on September 1, 2016. The makers are planning to release the film in December 2016.