Iru Mugan (English: Two-faced) is a 2016 Indian Tamil science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Anand Shankar. The film stars Vikram in dual roles , Nayantara and Nithya Menen in the lead roles, while Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunkaran and Riythvika appear in supporting roles. Having gone through several changes in pre-production of cast and producers, the film began shooting in December 2015. The film was simultaneously dubbed into Telugu as Inkokkadu and was released worldwide on 8 September 2016. Iru Mugan received positive reviews from critics and became one of the biggest collection of Tamil films of 2016.