Mani Ratnam has announced the powerful title for his new multistarrer which is 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' which brings together acting powerhouses such as Vijay Sethupathi, Simbu, Arun Vijay, Jyothika, Aditi Rao Hydari, Aishwarya Rajesh and Arvind Swamy.  The world class technicians on board are A.R. Rahman, Santhosh Shivan and Sreekar Prasad.

The team includes three time National Award winner Sharmishta Roy who takes care of production design and this is her third film with Mani after 'Ok Kanmani' and 'Kaatru Veliyidai'. Sivakumar Ananth who has co-written 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' and is also serving as the executive producer has been an associate of the legendary director for the past twenty years since 'Dile Se'.  The Creative Producers team has Bejoy Nambiar the director of 'David' and 'Solo' along with Kiran.  Eka Lakhani the costume designer has worked with Mani Ratnam in 'Kadal', 'Ravanan' 'Ok Kanmani' and 'Kaatru Veliyidai' besides 'Iru Mugan' and '24' and has also starred as Arvind Swamy's wife in 'Kadal'.  

Dileep Subbarayan who is on a roll in recent times is the stunt choreographer and 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' is said to have many high octane action sequences.  'Anjali' and 'Sathi Leelavathi' child actor turned audiographer Anand Krishnamoorthy will work on the sound while Bollywood makeup artist Serina Texiera is on board as well.

'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' is touted to be a powerful story about the gangster brothers played by Arvind Swamy, Arun Vijay and Simbu and their war against a cop portrayed by Vijay Sethupathi.   The film goes on floors from Monday the 12th of February and is expected to release in the last quarter of 2018.