The venture, produced by his home production, also marked the first collaboration of Selvaraghavan with cinematographer Arvind Krishna, whom he would later associate with newcomer Sonia Agarwal. Selvaraghavan had written the script for the film in the late 1990s and had first narrated the story to Dhanush in their shared bedroom at home, before asking him to play the lead role of Vinod. Abhinay, who was a part of Thulluvadho Ilamai, was to play one of the lead roles but was replaced by newcomer Sudeep from Mumbai.
The project, created by his local production team, was also Selvaraghavan's first collaboration with cinematographer Arvind Krishna, whom he would later work with on a new actor, Sonia Agarwal. Selvaraghavan had written the script for the film in the late 1990s and initially told Dhanush about the story in their shared bedroom at home before asking him to play the lead role of Vinod. Abhinay, who was part of Thulluvadho Ilamai, was supposed to take one of the main roles but was replaced by a newcomer from Mumbai.