Ibomma Movies Vidaamuyarchi is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Magizh Thirumeni, inspired by the 1997 American film Breakdown. It is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under Lyca Productions. The film stars Ajith Kumar, alongside Trisha Krishnan, Arjun Sarja, Regina Cassandra, Arav, and Ramya Subramanian. In the film, Arjun seeks to find his missing wife, Kayal, who was captured by a notorious group in Azerbaijan.
Initially, Vignesh Shivan was confirmed as the director of Ajith’s 62nd film. However, he was later replaced by Magizh. The film was announced in May 2023 along with the official title. Principal photography began in October 2023. Shot for the most part in Azerbaijan, filming wrapped by late December 2024 after a short schedule in Thailand. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography is handled by Om Prakash, and editing by N. B. Srikanth.
Vidaamuyarchi was initially scheduled for release in January 2025 during the Pongal season but was postponed due to undisclosed reasons. It is now scheduled to release worldwide on 6 February 2025 in theatres.
Premise
Arjun shares a deep connection with his wife, Kayal. However, their relationship begins to fall apart when challenges arise. Kayal gets captured by a notorious group in Azerbaijan, which leads Arjun on a mission to rescue her.
Casting
Ajith would sport a full-black hairstyle for his character in flashback portions. Sanjay Dutt was initially reported to play the main antagonist in his second Tamil film after Leo. However, Arjun Sarja was instead confirmed, marking his reunion with Ajith after Mankatha. Arjun Das was initially reported to be considered for the secondary antagonist, but as he was allegedly unable to allocate dates for the film, he was reportedly replaced by Arav, who previously collaborated with Magizh on Kalaga Thalaivan.
Tamannaah Bhatia was initially reported to play the female lead; however, Trisha, who would pair opposite Ajith for the fifth time following Ji, Kireedam, Mankatha, and Yennai Arindhaal, was instead announced. Huma Qureshi, who earlier acted with Ajith in Valimai, was reportedly considered for an important role. However, Regina Cassandra was eventually cast in that role. In August 2024, the production house announced the involvement of actors Nikhil Nair, Ganesh Saravanan, and Dasarathi in prominent roles. Later, that December, Ramya Subramanian confirmed her presence in the film.
Filming
Principal photography began with the first schedule on 4 October 2023 in Azerbaijan. Initially, filming was intended to begin in the first week of September 2023 but was delayed due to Ajith’s commitments to his world tour. The makers’ decision to shoot in Azerbaijan received negative responses from netizens as the country was then under civil unrest, particularly regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Furthermore, it was also reported that the production would be put on hold due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war, but despite such reports, production continued. Art director Milan died during the film’s preliminary shooting due to a heart attack. Later that month, Ajith urged setting up a medical camp in case of any similar emergencies. In early November, it was reported that the schedule had been completed.
A sequence reportedly featured Ajith in a racy car action sequence, for which he did not use any stunt double. In early December, the team returned to Chennai due to the ongoing war and border issues in Azerbaijan, but later went back to Azerbaijan on 11 December to resume production. Nirav Shah was replaced with Om Prakash due to the former not being able to allocate dates to travel to Azerbaijan. Arjun joined the film’s sets in mid-December. Trisha completed filming her portions for the schedule by 19 December, returning to Chennai on that day. The schedule concluded by 29 January 2024 with over 60 percent of the production being completed. The concurrent schedule was set to be held in London by February but was delayed due to budget overruns, and plans to complete 40 percent of the film’s shooting within a single schedule were initiated for cost control.
Production was expected to resume in the last week of May but was delayed as Ajith had started filming for Adhik Ravichandran’s Good Bad Ugly in Hyderabad. The team, along with Ajith, returned to Azerbaijan on 20 June for the final schedule. This schedule was held for around 35–45 days, with the climax portions being shot in Baku. Ajith, along with Trisha and Arjun, joined the concurrent schedule for some important sequences. According to the head of Lyca Productions, GKM Tamil Kumaran, principal photography was scheduled to be wrapped by mid-August. However, as of September 2024, it was only expected to be complete after Ajith finished shooting the October schedule for Good Bad Ugly. In December 2024, the team left for Bangkok for filming the final schedule, which would be held for ten days. Principal photography wrapped on 22 December 2024.
