Poster announcing Kayadu Lohar’s casting; Silambarasan TR (right) with Ramkumar Balakrishnan
| Photo Credit: @DawnPicturesOff/X and @ImRamkumar_B/X
We had previously reported that Tamil star Silambarasan TR is teaming up with director Ramkumar Balakrishnan for his 49th film. Now, on Sunday (April 27), the makers of the film announced that actor Kayadu Lohar of Dragon fame will play the female lead.Dawn Pictures, the banner backing the film, announced the news on their X handle.

Welcoming the leading lady of #STR49 – @11Lohar ❤️Elated to have her onboard the project🩷More updates on the way🧨🔥@SilambarasanTR_@AakashBaskaran@ImRamkumar_B@SaiAbhyankkarpic.twitter.com/1n73KqXTMF— DawnPictures (@DawnPicturesOff) April 27, 2025

The new film, tentatively titled STR 49, was announced in February this year. Sai Abhyankkar will compose the music for the film.STR 49 will be produced by Aakash Baskaran of Dawn Pictures, who is backing Dhanush’s Idly Kadai and Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi. More details on the rest of the cast and crew are yet to be revealed.Kayadu made a stunning debut in Ashwath Marimuthu’s Dragon, starring Pradeep Ranganathan. The actor is also part of Idhayam Murali, headlined by Atharvaa Murali, which is also produced by Dawn Pictures.Interestingly, Silambarasan’s 51st movie is with Dragon-maker Ashwath. Simbu, who is awaiting the release of Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life, has teamed up with Desingh Periyasamy for his 50th film, tentatively called STR 50. Published – April 28, 2025 10:38 am IST