Enai Noki Paayum Thota

Enai Noki Paayum Thota (lit. 'The bullet speeding towards me') is an unreleased Indian Tamil-language film rom-com written, directed and produced by Gautham Menon. The film features Dhanush and Megha Akash in the lead roles.

Cast

 * Dhanush as Raghu Vendhan
 * Megha Akash as Lekha Pandiyan
 * Sunaina as Nithya
 * Sasikumar as Sundharam
 * Rana Daggubati as Vinayak
 * Sathish Krishnan as Anbumani Ramadoss
 * Jagan as Chitty
 * Santhosh Krishna as Deva Raja Sundharam
 * Gautham Vasudev Menon as himself (cameo)

Production
Production began in March 2016, but had been delayed so that Director Gautham Vasudev Menon could work on his other project Dhruva Natchathiram. In January 2017, media outlets reported that the music director, whose identity was initially masked with the name Mr. X, was in fact Darbuka Siva.

Development
Gautham Vasudev Menon first revealed that he had prepared a script titled Enai Noki Paayum Thota in mid-2013, when he narrated the film to Suriya. The pair opted not to work on the project and instead began pre-production work on another film, Dhruva Natchathiram, instead during the period.

Cinematographer Jomon T. John joined the team in March 2016.

Casting
In March 2016, Gautham Vasudev Menon announced that he would direct a film, which would feature Dhanush and Megha Akash, and some debut actors like Ramaguru in the lead roles. In May 2017, Sunaina was cast in an unspecified role. Actor Sasikumar was cast in an important role.

Filming
The project was officially launched on 14 March 2016 in Chennai.

After a long production break, the shoot resumed in mid-December 2017 and the final schedule began. Production was further delayed when Dhanush opted to complete his other project Maari 2 before resuming shoot on this. Principal photography ended in September 2018.

Music
At initial, the music director was kept secret by Gautham himself, simply referring the composer as Mr. X. The first single, Maruvaarthai was released on 10 February and a second single, Naan Pizhaippeno was released on 25 March. Thamarai is the lyricist for these 2 singles.

After much speculations of who being the music composer of the film, it was revealed that Mr. X is Darbuka Siva through Gautham's Twitter post, marking their first collaboration after previously working with Harris Jayaraj, A. R. Rahman, and Illaiyaraja. The restrung version of Maruvaarthai was released on 17 October and therefore, all the songs of this film are now credited with Darbuka Siva as the music director. In April 2019, the audio rights were transferred from Ondraga to Sony Music.

Release
Enai Noki Paayum Thota is planned to release in December 2019 and it got delayed. In November 2018, Lyca Productions bought the film's rights.