 According to sources, the film was not a sequel to "Thuppakki".Ayngaran International and Lyca Productions were confirmed to be the producers and distributors of the film.Murugadoss replaced his usual music director Harris Jayaraj with Anirudh Ravichander and signed George C. Williams as the cinematographer, who had filmed "Raja Rani", (2013) which was produced by Murugadoss himself.