Production
In September 2022, two months after the release of Gulu Gulu , it was reported that director Rathna Kumar would collaborate with actor Raghava Lawrence for a potential project and Lokesh Kanagaraj, whom Kumar had earlier worked with in Master (2021) and Vikram (2022), was reported to have written the script. [1] Following the release of Rudhran in early 2023, Lawrence confirmed that he would be appearing in a film to be directed by Kumar and produced and written by Lokesh. [2]
On 14 April 2024, coinciding with the occasion of Tamil New Year, Lokesh officially announced his second production after Fight Club (2023) under his G Squad banner, which co-produced it with Sudhan Sundaram and Jagadish Palanisamy under Passion Studios and The Route banners respectively. [3] [4] The film was titled Benz with Lawrence in the lead role. [5] [6] It was revealed to be co-written and directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan, and Lokesh was credited as the story writer, [7] [8] though he also contributed to the screenplay. [9] Editor Philomin Raj, cinematographer Goutham George, art director Jacki and publicity designer Amudhan Priyan were revealed as part of the technical crew. [10] In early August 2025, Lokesh revealed that though he wrote the story five years before, it could not materialise further. After casually mentioning the project to Sudhan and Jagadish, he was inspired to incorporate it into the Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU), give someone else directorial duties and finalised Bakkiyaraj, who he had known from Sulthan (2021). This is the first LCU film not directed by Lokesh. [11]
Principal photography began on 12 May 2025 in Chennai, [12] [13] and Samyuktha was announced as the lead actress the next day. [14] On 4 June 2025, through a promo video, Nivin Pauly was announced to be part of the cast, appearing in dual roles with one of the roles named Walter, the main antagonist. [15] The first schedule was completed on 10 June 2025. [16] By the middle of the following month, the second schedule had been completed. [17]
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