section_path: Production/Pre-production
section_name: Pre-production
paragraph_text: Pre-production
  
  "It was my long-time wish to make a proper love story. And when I got a chance to make one with Suriya and Pooja Hegde, I became so excited. It definitely involves a lot of action".
  
  Subbaraj had met Suriya prior to the shooting of Jigarthanda DoubleX and narrated a one-liner, which the latter requested to develop. It took him several months for the writing and pre-production. Charukesh Sekar and Sritharan Someetharan collaborated with Subbaraj on the script discussion. After the release of Jigarthanda DoubleX, Subbaraj narrated the entire script to the actor. The dialogues for the Telugu and Hindi -dubbed versions were written by Hanumaan Choudary and Mohan Nair. A casting call was announced by the makers in late April 2024.
  
  On the occasion of his birthday (15 May), Santhosh Narayanan was announced as the film's composer by the production house, in his eighth collaboration with the director. Two weeks later, the team announced that Shreyaas Krishna would handle the cinematography, in his third collaboration with Subbaraj after Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Mahaan (2022). In addition to Shreyaas Krishna, the technical crew of art directors Jacki and Mayapandi, editor Shafique Mohamed Ali, stunt choreographer Kecha Khamphakdee and costume designer Praveen Raja were announced the same day.
  
  In May 2024, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days. Prior to the commencement of the first schedule, the team had constructed a set at Port Blair located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for filming an action sequence.
  
  "It was my long-time wish to make a proper love story. And when I got a chance to make one with Suriya and Pooja Hegde, I became so excited. It definitely involves a lot of action".
  
  Subbaraj had met Suriya prior to the shooting of Jigarthanda DoubleX and narrated a one-liner, which the latter requested to develop. It took him several months for the writing and pre-production. Charukesh Sekar and Sritharan Someetharan collaborated with Subbaraj on the script discussion. After the release of Jigarthanda DoubleX, Subbaraj narrated the entire script to the actor. The dialogues for the Telugu and Hindi -dubbed versions were written by Hanumaan Choudary and Mohan Nair. A casting call was announced by the makers in late April 2024.
  
  On the occasion of his birthday (15 May), Santhosh Narayanan was announced as the film's composer by the production house, in his eighth collaboration with the director. Two weeks later, the team announced that Shreyaas Krishna would handle the cinematography, in his third collaboration with Subbaraj after Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Mahaan (2022). In addition to Shreyaas Krishna, the technical crew of art directors Jacki and Mayapandi, editor Shafique Mohamed Ali, stunt choreographer Kecha Khamphakdee and costume designer Praveen Raja were announced the same day.
  
  In May 2024, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days. Prior to the commencement of the first schedule, the team had constructed a set at Port Blair located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for filming an action sequence.