DC (film)

DC^[a] is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic action film^[1] directed by Arun Matheswaran and produced by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures. The film stars Lokesh Kanagaraj, Wamiqa Gabbi and Sanjana Krishnamoorthy. It marks Lokesh's debut as a lead actor, and is loosely adapted from the novel Devdas (1917).

The film was officially announced in November 2025. Principal photography commenced a month before the official announcement in Chennai and wrapped in April 2026. The film has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by Mukesh G and editing by Prasanna GK.

DC is scheduled to be released worldwide on 7 August 2026 in theatres.

• Lokesh Kanagaraj as Devadas^[2]
• Wamiqa Gabbi as Chandra^[2]
• Sanjana Krishnamoorthy as Parvathi^[3]
• Avinash Raghudevan

After the delay for the biopic of Ilaiyaraaja, directed by Arun Matheswaran, Arun reportedly began production for another project, which would feature director Lokesh Kanagaraj as the lead actor, in his acting debut.^[4] Despite Lokesh's initial claims about Kaithi 2 being his next project after Coolie (2025), reports suggested that he would complete this project before beginning Kaithi 2.^[5] In June 2025, sources claimed he left for Thailand to train martial arts for the film.^[6] That October, sources revealed that filming had begun on 23 October in Chennai, and Wamiqa Gabbi was the lead actress.^[7]

Sun Pictures confirmed the project on 1 November, titled DC;^[8] it is an initialism for the lead characters' names Devadas and Chandra.^[9] The production house confirmed Gabbi's casting, alongside the crew consisting of Lokesh's norm musician Anirudh Ravichander, cinematographer Mukesh G, editor Prasanna GK, art director Kannan S, action choreographer PC Stunts, and costumes designed by Arun himself. Arun Rajan assisted Arun Matheswaran with the screenplay, and Franklin Jacob with the dialogue.^[8] The film is loosely adapted from the novel Devdas (1917), with the names of the three lead characters from DC – Devadas, Chandra and Parvathi – serving as callbacks to the characters Devadas, Chandramukhi and Parvathi from the novel.^[3]

By late November filming was taking place in Madurai, and Gabbi was said to have done immense preparation for her role, including learning and perfecting the local dialect.^[9] The first filming schedule ended in December.^[10] Overall filming wrapped in April 2026,^[11] and sound mixing work was completed by early August.^[12]

The soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his first film with Arun and fifth with Lokesh.^[13]

The song "Ain't Nobody" was released on 1 November 2025,^[14] and "Bloody Valentine" on 14 February 2026, Valentine's Day.^[15] "Raga of Revenge" was featured in the trailer before being released separately on 16 May.^{[16] [17]} "Hangova" was released on 6 July,^[18] and "Bum Baa Diga Diga" was released on 18 July.^[19] The complete album, consisting of 15 tracks, was released on 24 July.^{[20] [21]}

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