 The producers, AGS Entertainment, subsequently requested Raja to make another film with Ravi after "Santosh Subramaniam"'s success, but Raja gave Ravi's dates to director Prabhu Deva to film "Engeyum Kaadhal" (2011).After five consecutive successful films, Raja chose to remake the Telugu comedy film, "Kick" (2009) into Tamil as "Thillalangadi" (2010), with Ravi in the lead role.The remake rights were purchased for "astronomical sum", a month after the Telugu film's release by Raja's father, Mohan, who was set to produce the film.