Thala Ajith and director Siva have teamed up for the third time after delivering two blockbusters 'Veeram' and 'Vedalam'. This time writer-director Siva has taken up an international spy thriller and fans can get to see Ajith in his stylish best as he plays a Interpol officer in the film. Kajal Aggarwal gets to play Ajith's pair for the first time in this film.

The film has been titled as 'Vivegam' and the title was revealed with the first look poster that released in the first week of February 2017 in which Ajith sported a chisled bare body look and took the social media by storm. The film was previously referred to as 'AK57' or 'Thala57'.

The prestigious Sathya Jyothi Films banner is bankrolling the project. While launching the film in July 2016, Producer T.G.Thyagarajan of Sathya Jyothi Films said "AK 57 as it is called as of now will be our biggest by all means."

In his subsequent interview Thyagarajan revealed the plot of the film saying " A crime takes place in Tamil Nadu and the investigation of its origin leads to European nations. This is the plot of the film and the protagonist (Ajith) is an Interpol officer in-charge, investigating this crime."

After undergoing surgeries on the leg and shoulder Ajith has been taking rest for the past seven months. In this period he prepared himself for ‘Vivegam’. He worked out in gym for five to six hours a day and has trimmed his physique.

Kamal Haasan's younger daughter Akshara Haasan will be making her Kollywood debut playing an important female character in this film. The other prominent members of the star cast include Thambi Ramaiah, Karunakaran. 'Motta' Rajendran and Appu Kutty.

Anirudh Ravichander who delivered chartbuster tunes for 'Vedalam' has teamed up again with Siva and Ajith for this film. Cinematographer Vetri and Editor Ruben have also been retained from the 'Vedalam' crew.

The team started shooting in Bulgaria and have completed the first schedule in European locations in 31 days. The second schedule will be in Hyderabad. Again the team went to Bulgaria and completed large portions. Presently the shooting is taking place in Chennai

''Vivegam' has acuqired U/A certificate from Censor Board. The film will be hitting the screens on August 24, 2017.