 Production studio Escape Artists Motion Pictures bought the rights of the film and announced in April 2017 that Prakash would star in the lead role and that Ezhil would direct the film.The film was initially set to start after Ezhil finished work on "Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen" (2017), but the studio's financial problems meant that the project was put on hold.The project was relaunched in February 2019 with new producers, Abhishek Films.