Jiiva's next film "Kee", a cyber thriller, released in May 2019 was received with mixed reviews, had an average run at the box-office. Jiiva’s next film "Gorilla", directed by Don Sandy released in July 2019. This film had a chimpanzee in a key role which was the first ever instance in Indian film history. It was also revealed that the chimpanzee named Kong was hired from the Samut training station of Thailand. Most of the sequences related to the chimpanzee were shot in Thailand and the remaining portions were shot in Chennai.