section_path: Production/Pre-production
section_name: Pre-production
paragraph_text: Pre-production
  
  "Just because these films deal with politics, people boil down the issues spoken about to just one word: corruption. But there are different facets to it; there are different kinds of governance, and in this film, we have tried to explore the powers and boundaries of an IAS officer as a story evolves, it might shape up to carry a few resemblances to real life, but we didn't design the character based on a single person."
  
  Game Changer was initially developed as an interim project during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, along with the adaptation of Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari (2019), based on the ruler of Parambu nādu Vēl Pāri, by author-politician S. Venkatesan, a spy thriller which demanded shooting in foreign locales and science fiction action film that needed a fresh face in the leading role and extensive visual effects. Due to the restrictions of film production in that period, he wanted something different that would be produced on a restricted budget and felt that the process of adapting another director's story that excited him. He listened to the narration of numerous directors and finalized on the original story written by Karthik Subbaraj.
  
  Shankar also expressed his interest on doing a Telugu film, attributed to the success of the Telugu-dubbed versions of his films. Speaking to Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu, he added: "I approached it the usual way I do all my films. But because it's my first straight Telugu film, and since the story demanded it, I had to inculcate Telugu culture, lifestyle and traditions." Sai Madhav Burra contributed to the dialogues, while lyricist Vivek and Farhad Samji did the same for its Tamil and Hindi versions. Vivek and S. Venkatesan also contributed to the screenplay with Shankar.
  
  Initially, Anirudh Ravichander and Shankar's norm composer A. R. Rahman, were reported to score the music for the film, but on Dil Raju 's request, Thaman S was chosen to compose the film's music, in his first collaboration with the director. Tirru was signed on as the cinematographer, also in his first time association with the director. Editor Shameer Muhammed, action choreography duo Anbariv and production designer Avinash Kolla were recruited as a part of the technical crew. Dance choreographers of the film include Prabhu Deva, Jani Master, Prem Rakshith, Bosco Martis, Ganesh Acharya, and Sandy.
  
  "Just because these films deal with politics, people boil down the issues spoken about to just one word: corruption. But there are different facets to it; there are different kinds of governance, and in this film, we have tried to explore the powers and boundaries of an IAS officer as a story evolves, it might shape up to carry a few resemblances to real life, but we didn't design the character based on a single person."
  
  Game Changer was initially developed as an interim project during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, along with the adaptation of Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari (2019), based on the ruler of Parambu nādu Vēl Pāri, by author-politician S. Venkatesan, a spy thriller which demanded shooting in foreign locales and science fiction action film that needed a fresh face in the leading role and extensive visual effects. Due to the restrictions of film production in that period, he wanted something different that would be produced on a restricted budget and felt that the process of adapting another director's story that excited him. He listened to the narration of numerous directors and finalized on the original story written by Karthik Subbaraj.
  
  Shankar also expressed his interest on doing a Telugu film, attributed to the success of the Telugu-dubbed versions of his films. Speaking to Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu, he added: "I approached it the usual way I do all my films. But because it's my first straight Telugu film, and since the story demanded it, I had to inculcate Telugu culture, lifestyle and traditions." Sai Madhav Burra contributed to the dialogues, while lyricist Vivek and Farhad Samji did the same for its Tamil and Hindi versions. Vivek and S. Venkatesan also contributed to the screenplay with Shankar.
  
  Initially, Anirudh Ravichander and Shankar's norm composer A. R. Rahman, were reported to score the music for the film, but on Dil Raju 's request, Thaman S was chosen to compose the film's music, in his first collaboration with the director. Tirru was signed on as the cinematographer, also in his first time association with the director. Editor Shameer Muhammed, action choreography duo Anbariv and production designer Avinash Kolla were recruited as a part of the technical crew. Dance choreographers of the film include Prabhu Deva, Jani Master, Prem Rakshith, Bosco Martis, Ganesh Acharya, and Sandy.