The film stars Vishal, Shraddha Srinath, and Regina Cassandra, alongside Srushti Dange, Robo Shankar, Ravi Mariya, Vijay Babu, Manobala and K. R.

[2] The film's theme is based on cybercrime and e-commerce scams, where it revolves around a soldier and a cop joining to investigate the robberies that occurred on Independence Day.

[3][4][5] It was perceived to be an unofficial stand-alone sequel to Irumbu Thirai due to the similar theme and ending between the two films.

[6] Chakra was released theatrically on 19 February to mixed reviews from critics and became a moderate success at the box office.

[1] Fifty robberies occurred on Independence Day, with two masked robbers looting houses and stealing expensive items totalling ₹70 million.

Chandru checked the case details and information from the victims, only to realise that the robbers knew the exact location of jewellery and money in every house and swiftly carried out each robbery.

He reveals that the clue refers to the queen in chess and that the hacker had left a partial thumbprint on the scanner used to destroy all data.

Later, she comes home one day to hear her father reveal that he and his new wife had suffocated and killed Leela's mother while she was sleeping.

Chandru manages to capture Leela, recover the stolen jewellery and money hidden in schoolbags at her friend Ganesh's house and hands her over to the police.

In preparation for their roles, both Shraddha Srinath and Regina Cassandra underwent training in martial arts and motorcycle riding, respectively.

[1] M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Chakra is more focused on momentary thrills and the film feels rather tame.

"[14] The Madras High Court issued a temporary stay order preventing the release of the film over copyright claims.

[17] In addition, Madras HC urged Vishal to pay compensation for the losses incurred by the producer of his previous film Action.