 In October 2013, producer A. M. Rathnam signed up Ajith Kumar for another film following their collaboration in "Arrambam" (2013), and director Gautham Menon was confirmed to direct the project.Shridhar Raghavan, who wrote the script for the Bollywood film, "Dum Maaro Dum" (2011), was also signed by the team to assist Gautham Menon with film's script.Thiagarajan Kumararaja is also credited for the screenplay.