Sivakarthikeyan's 'Parasakthi' to release earlier than expected, makers announce new date

Tamil filmmaker Sudha Kongara is bringing out her new film a little earlier than the previously announced date. Parasakthi, the upcoming Sivakarthikeyan-starrer, will now release on January 10, 2026, instead of on January 14. The film is opening in the same release window as Vijay's Jana Nayagan (Jan 9), Prabhas' The Raja Saab (Jan 9), and Chiranjeevi's Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu (Jan 9).

Parasakthi features a stellar ensemble cast featuring Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa, and Sreeleela, among others. The film marks Sreeleela's Tamil debut.

From the recently released nearly two-minute-long footage, it's evident the film has a strongly political message. We saw campus politics, student gangs, and the intriguing scene of Ravi Mohan using the picture of Sivakarthikeyan for target practice, followed by the introduction of the leading man himself, who shows up in front of a large crowd and tells them, 'We need an army... a great army..."

Scripted jointly by Sudha Kongara and Arjun Nadesan and bankrolled by Dawn Pictures, Parasakthi has veteran Ravi K Chandran as director of photography and Sathish Surya (Soorarai Pottru) on the editing table, with GV Prakash Kumar working on the music.

Sudha's last directorial was Sarfira, the Akshay Kumar-led Hindi remake of her National Award-winning Tamil feature Soorarai Pottru, starring Suriya and Aparna Balamurali.

Sivakarthikeyan's last film was Madharaasi, a Tamil action thriller written and directed by AR Murugadoss, which co-starred Rukmini Vasanth, alongside Vidyut Jammwal, Biju Menon, Vikranth, and Shabeer Kallarakkal.