Actor Krishna's 'Yakkai' which was earlier scheduled to hit the screens for Pongal 2017 and could not release will now be releasing this week.

It has been confirmed that the film will be hitting the screens on March 3, 2017.

'Yakkai' directed by Kuzhandhai Velappan stars Krishna and Swathi Reddy in lead roles Noted character artist Guru Somasundaram who played the lead role in last year's critically acclaimed super hit 'Joker' has played the main villain in this film. Actor Prakash Raj also played an important role in the film.

Yuvan Shankar Raja has rendered music score and the film has been produced by Muthukumaran for Prim Pictures banner.

Arun Vijay' 'Kuttram 23' is the other Tamil film scheduled to hit the screens on the same day.