Aayirathil Iruvar is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action romance film written, directed and co-produced by Saran. The film stars Vinay Rai in dual lead roles and three newcomers, Sakshi Chaudhary, Surabhi Santhosh and Kesha Khambhati, as the female leads, while the director's regular composer Bharadwaj scores the music. The film was primarily shot in Thirunelveli, shooting also took place in Hyderabad, Bangkok and Dubai. The film deals with the issue of money laundering and hawala. It began its production in December 2012 and went through several production delays, it finally released on 22 September 2017. It fared poorly at the box office.

Vinay Rai is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil films apart from a few Telugu and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performance in the films Unnale Unnale (2007), Jayamkondaan (2008), Endrendrum Punnagai (2013) and Aranmanai (2014). He turned villain in Thupparivaalan (2017) and has played negative roles in several films including Doctor (2021), Etharkkum Thunindhavan (2022), Christopher (2023) and Hanu-Man (2024).