Director Pa Ranjith who has created a name for himself in Kollywood with movies like Attakathi, Madras, Kabali had last directed Kaala starring Superstar Rajnikanth, and had later also launched his production house Neelam Productions and produced 2 movies in the banner.

Recently, Pa Ranjith's Neelam productions had joined hands with Golden Ratio Films and Little Red Car Films to announce 5 movies and now, the director has ventured into publishing books as well and under Neelam Publications has announced five books on various genres.

It was said that before directing the Birsa Munda biopic in Hindi, Pa Ranjith will direct a movie in Tamil based on Boxing culture in North Madras, and now the latest update is that Ranjith has teamed up with writer Thamizh Prabha for writing the screenplay and dialogues of his next movie. Thamizh Prabha has authored the novel Pettai, about the lives of people in Chintadripet, Chennai.