Trending is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language psychological techno-thriller film written and directed by debutant Sivaraj N starring Kalaiyarasan and Priyalaya in the lead roles, alongside Prem Kumar and Besant Ravi in important roles. The film is produced by Meenakshi Anand and Anand G under their Ram Film Factory banner, while the technical team consists of cinematographer Praveen Balu, editor Nagooran Ramachandran, and music composer Sam C.S. The film was inspired by the 2013 Hindi-language film Table No. 21.
Trending released in theatres on 18
On 3 January 2025, the first-look poster of Kalaiyarasan's next film in the lead role, written and directed by debutant director Sivaraj N titled Trending was released, having Priyalaya as the female lead, who last appeared in Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (2024). Apart from the lead cast, the film also stars Prem Kumar, Besant Ravi, Vidhya Borgia, Shivanya and others in important roles. The film is produced by Meenakshi Anand and Anand G under Ram Film Factory banner, while the technical team consists of cinematographer Praveen Balu, editor Nagooran Ramachandran, music composer Sam C.S and stunt director Monster Mukesh.
The film has soundtrack and background composed by Sam C. S. The first video single "Ennile Ennile" was released on 5 July 2025. The second single, "Trending Ponnu" was released in July 2025.
Trending released in theatres on 18 July 2025 planning to clash with Kalaiyarasan's much delayed film, Titanic.
Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Every conversation about likes, reels, or virality just takes your attention off the screen and incidentally, to your phone. [...] To be fair, Kalaiyarasan and Priyalaya do a pretty good job with the material they have. The script could have used some experimentation. " Jayabhuvaneshwari B of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The film good writing, different thriller".