 During the period, Prakash Kumar also took professional mridangam lessons from percussionist Umayalpuram Sivaraman to equip himself for the character.After further brief delays, the film was officially launched on 29 November 2017 and the shoot began thereafter.Sai Pallavi's unavailability meant that the team replaced her with Aparna Balamurali, after Menon was impressed with her performance in the Malayalam film, "Maheshinte Prathikaaram" (2016), and called her for a successful audition.