Cobra is an upcoming Tamil film written and directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu of Imaikkaa Nodigal fame and produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar under the banners of 7 Screen Studio. The film features an ensemble cast comprising of Vikram in the main titular role alongside Irfan Pathan, Srinidhi Shetty, Sarjano Khalid, and Roshan Mathew who are all making their Tamil film debut while it marks the cinematic debut of Irfan. Miya George, Padmapriya, Mohammad Ali Baig, Kaniha, Mirnalini Ravi, Meenakshi and K. S. Ravikumar will also be seen in the film in supporting roles. 

The cast and crew of the team are currently on a South Indian tour in order to promote their film. They are currently promoting their film in Trichy and Madurai. From there, they will move to Coimbatore, then to Chennai, to Kochi, to Bengaluru and finally to Hyderabad. It has been revealed that during their time in Chennai on August 25th, the official trailer of the film will be released and will have a run time of 2 minutes and 35 seconds. 

#CobraTrailer-Tamil :
Duration : 2min 35secs

An @AjayGnanamuthu Fim
An @arrahman Musical

Trailer release on Aug 25.#Cobra #ChiyaanVikram @chiyaan @SrinidhiShetty7 @IrfanPathan @dop_harish @theedittable @7screenstudio #CobraFromAugust31 pic.twitter.com/4fctfArBTZ

— Kalaiarasan (@ikalaiarasan) August 23, 2022

The music is composed by A. R. Rahman, with cinematography handled by Harish Kannan and edited by Bhuvan Srinivasan. Cobra was scheduled to be released theatrically worldwide on 31 August 2022, coinciding with Vinayagar Chathurthi.

After this, Vikram will be seen in Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan which has been scheduled to release on September 30. After that, he will start filming for the Pa. Ranjith film which has been tentatively titled Chiyaan61. Vikram has also confirmed that his film after that (Chiyaan62) will again be helmed by the Cobra director.