Jailer is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson and produced by Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures. It stars Rajinikanth in the lead role with Jackie Shroff, Shiva Rajkumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sunil, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Mirnaa Menon and Vasanth Ravi in supporting roles. It marks the Tamil cinema debut of Rajkumar and Sunil, and the return of Krishnan and Tamannaah to Tamil cinema after a gap of 4 years. The film was officially announced in February 2022 with the working title Thalaivar 169, being the 169th film of Rajinikanth, while the official title Jailer was announced in June. Principal photography began in August 2022 in Chennai and wrapped in June 2023. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. The film is scheduled to release on 10 August 2023.