Retro is a Tamil film headlined, and co-produced by star actor Suriya, and the movie releases in theaters worldwide on May 1, 2025. Retro meets another Tamil film titled Tourist Family starring Sasikumar, and Simran, at the May 1 box-office. Also hitting theater screens this Labour Day Thursday are Telugu movies HIT 3 starring Nani, and RAID 2 starring Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn.

Suriya taking to his X account on Wednesday, sent his best wishes for all the movies releasing on May 1, 2025. Suriya's social media post read, "Dearest Sasi & Simran, Nani, Ajay sir & Riteish, all the cast & crew of #TouristFamily #HIT3 #Raid2 Wishing you the bestest! #Anbannafans Lots of love and respect for your support for #Retro... May each of our films be a success & entertain the audience in theatres tomorrow."

Dearest Sasi & Simran, Nani, Ajay sir & Riteish, all the cast & crew of #TouristFamily #HIT3 #Raid2 Wishing you the bestest!#Anbannafans Lots of love and respect for your support for #Retro... May each of our films be a success & entertain the audience in theatres tomorrow.

— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) April 30, 2025

Retro is written, directed, and co-produced by Karthik Subbaraj. The U/A censored movie is touted to be a 'romance-action' with Pooja Hegde playing female lead. Retro comes with a runtime of 168. 30 minutes [2 hours 48 minutes 30 seconds].

Retro's technical crew includes Santhosh Narayanan for music, Shreyaas Krishna for cinematography, Shafique Mohamed Ali for edits, Sherif.M for chorepgraphy, and Kecha Khamphakdee for stunts.