Neeraj Pandey's Friday Filmwork and Thirupati brothers will jointly produce the remake of Special 26 in Tamil. Cast and crew details will be announced very soon.
Akshay Kumar and Kajal Agarwal played the main leads in Special 26.

N.Subhash Chandra Bose and N.Lingusamy started their own production company Thirupati brothers in 2006. Now, they acquired the rights for the Special 26 Tamil remake. Special 26 was based on a high profile heist, at the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri' jewellery store in Mumbai, 26 men posing as income tax officials raided the shop and walked away with jewellery worth lakhs.

Special 26 director Neeraj Pandey's former flick "A Wednesday" was also remade into Tamil as Unnai Pol Oruvan. Kamal Hassan played the lead role in this film and Mohan Lal in a prominent role