‘Thiruchitrambalam’ trailer: Dhanush plays a food delivery worker in Mithran Jawahar’s film
Also starring Bharathiraja, Prakash Raj, Nithya Menen, Priya Bhavani Shankar and Raashi Khanna. The Tamil film will be released in cinemas on August 18.

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