War Chapter), is an unreleased Indian Tamil-language spy action thriller film directed and produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon.

The film stars Vikram, alongside an ensemble cast consisting of Ritu Varma, R. Parthiban, Radhika Sarathkumar, Simran and Vinayakan.

Set in the same universe as Menon's Joshua: Imai Pol Kaakha (2024), a covert operative leads a team of elite professionals named "The Basement", with the intentions of taking down terrorist organisations secretly without being bound by law and order.

The film has music composed by Harris Jayaraj, cinematography handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, S. R. Kathir and Vishnu Dev and editing by Anthony.

John, a covert operative, leads a team of elite professionals called "The Basement", with the intention of taking down terrorist organisations secretly without being bound by law and order.

[5][6] Revealed to be produced by Menon too,[7] the team released a series of posters in April 2013 indicating that the film would feature 12 pivotal characters.

[14][15] However, the film's first schedule was repeatedly postponed and ultimately by October 2013, Menon and Suriya parted ways citing creative differences.

Suriya released a press note revealing that Menon had been tinkering the script for six months without any such progress and that he could wait no longer as he had committed to other films.

[27] A two-minute teaser was released in the same month; it was shot in fourteen hours around Manhattan, New York City with a Canon 5D SLR camera by cinematographer Jomon T.

[40] Manoj Paramahamsa, who collaborated with Menon in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and Nadunisi Naaygal (2011), subsequently replaced Santhana Krishnan as the cinematographer.

[41] During the same month, a bevy of supporting actors were signed to portray roles in the film including veteran actresses Radhika Sarathkumar and Simran,[42] while Dhivyadharshini, was also added to the cast.

[43] Three of Menon's former proteges Vamsi Krishna, Salim Baig and Sathish Krishnan were also selected to portray supporting roles, as was Munna Simon.

[49][50] After a schedule break, the shoot continued intermittently throughout Chennai in early 2017 as Vikram simultaneously worked around his commitments for his other film Sketch.

[54] Despite initially wanting to film sequences in the US, the team later chose to use Eastern Europe as the main foreign backdrop for the ease of acquiring permission to shoot and sort out visas.

After several days of shoot in Georgia, the team were briefly left stranded after being denied permission to enter Turkey as a result of a document oversight.

[69] In November 2019, Menon said that the film would resume shooting patchwork sequences after his prior commitments with Joshua: Imai Pol Kaakha.

[79] In an October 2023 video interaction with cast member Dhivyadharshini, Menon claimed that he pursued acting for the past few years, so that he could use the renumeration for completing post-production works.

[82][83] In February 2024, Menon said that Dhruva Natchathiram was in the same universe as Joshua: Imai Pol Kaakha, and Dhivyadarshini reprises her role from that film.

[84] The film's music and background score was composed by Harris Jayaraj in his seventh collaboration with Menon, with Thamarai, Paal Dabba, Monica Perez Castillo and Aira, writing the lyrics.

[91] A video interaction between Menon and Dhivyadharshini was released on Ondraga Entertainment's YouTube channel on 13 October 2023, with him highlighting the film's production process.

[94][95] PVR INOX announced that they will be distributing special popcorn tubs labelled with stills featuring Vikram, in order to promote the film, at all of its multiplex chains through Tamil Nadu.