Karthi 29 is Marshal: Title poster confirms coastal story, Kalyani Priyadarshan plays female lead
Karthi 29 is Marshal: The cast includes Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and others, but Nivin Pauly's involvement remains unconfirmed. Tamizh directs
Last Updated: 12.18 PM, Jul 10, 2025
Like we had earlier reported about Karthi 29 getting launched on Thursday, and in line with that, the makers kickstarted the journey of the film and revealed the title. The film is called Marshal and will be helmed by director Tamizh.
Karthi 29 is Marshal; title poster out
Actor Karthi, who is currently working on Sardar 2, has announced the title of his next film which was tentatively called Karthi 29. The film is now called Marshal. The title poster shows a backdrop of a coastal village as the Karthi stands with his hands folded. His face and head do not appear on the poster. With the film set to begin its journey from Thursday, the cast and crew of Marshall has been confirmed.
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Actors Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Lal, John Kokken, Murali Sharma, Easwari Rao and others are part of the film. Nivin Pauly was rumoured to be cast in the film, but his name did not appear for now. Directed by Tamizh who made his debut with Taanakaaran, the film is produced by SR Prakash Babu and SR Prabu under Dream Warrior Pictures.
Sai Abhyankkar scores for one more biggie:
Young and happening musician Sai Abhyankkar is bagging one big film after other. He will be scoring for Marshal as well. He has released four indie singles so far, and is already part of five prestigious projects, including Suriya-starrer Karuppu, Malayalam film Balti, Pradeep Ranganathan's Dude, STR 49 with Simbu, and LCU film Benz.
The technical crew of Marshal includes camera cranked by Sathyan Sooryan and Philomic Raj handing the edits. The production design is by Arun Venjaramoodu. A release date for Marshal has not yet been announced. It is expected to be a period gangster action drama.
Meanwhile, Karthi is part of Sardar 2 with PS Mithran, and has Kaithi 2 with Lokesh Kanagaraj. He also has Va Vaathiyar with Nalan Kumarasamy due to release.