India, July 23 -- The teaser for RJ Balaji's upcoming film Karuppu was released on lead actor Suriya's birthday on 23 July. The film, which also stars Trisha Krishnan, shows Suriya not only unleashing his violent alter ego but also referencing a famous scene from his hit 2005 film Ghajini. Take a look.

The teaser for Karuppu begins with a voiceover explaining that the deity he's referencing is not a calm one to be placated, but one to be worshipped with chillies. Suriya is soon introduced in two different avatars. One version of him, dressed in white, is a lawyer named Saravanan who says he goes by an alias too.

The other version, dressed in black with an aruval/koduval (kind of machete/sickle) in hand, seems more violent than the lawye...