Madha Gaja Raja

Madha Gaja Raja
Directed by	Sundar C.
Produced by	Gemini Film Circuit Vishal
Written by	Venkat Raghavan Sundar C.
Starring	Vishal Anjali Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	Richard M. Nathan
Edited by	Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
Production company	Gemini Film Circuit
Distributed by	Vishal Film Factory
Release date	December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Madha Gaja Raja is an upcoming Tamil Masala film written and directed by Sundar C. It stars Vishal, Anjali and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the leading roles, while Santhanam and Nithin Sathya play other pivotal supporting roles.

Director Sundar C and Vishal announced that they would work together on a project in January 2012, and it was revealed that Vishal would portray a triple role in the film. After denying reports that the female lead role was first offered to Shruti Haasan, Sundar C hinted that they were set to sign on Hansika Motwani, but her busy schedule left her unavailable to commit dates for the project. Titled Madha Gaja Raja' after Vishal's three characters, Karthika Nair eventually joined the team to portray the role during April 2012. The film subsequently began production in Chennai during early May 2012, with a song shot featuring Vishal and Santhanam alongside Sadha, who was revealed to be making a guest appearance in an item number. Sundar C then chose to shoot some further scenes with Sadha and make her appearance last longer than just for a song sequence. However soon after production began, Sundar C chose to alter the script, with the new version having Vishal portray only a single character, with two leading actresses instead of one. Disappointed with this development, Karthika Nair left the project stating that the role of the lead actress had been significantly diminished as result of the change of story.Taapsee Pannu signed on to replace Karthika, but soon afterwards left the project citing date clashes with her commitments for the promotional activity of her Hindi film.Varalaxmi Sarathkumar was consequently drafted in after working producers Gemini Film Circuit during their previous venture Podaa Podi (2012), while Anjali was selected for the main leading female role. Gayatri Rao joined the film's cast to portray Santhanam's love interest, while actors Nithin Sathya and Sadagoppan Ramesh were selected to portray Vishal's friends in the film. The team subsequently began another schedule with the new storyline in Palani during June 2012.