The film stars Suriya in a dual role, with Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the female lead.

Bollywood actors Manoj Bajpai, Vidyut Jamwal, Rajpal Yadav and Dalip Tahil play supporting roles.

Cinematography and editing are handled by Santosh Sivan and Anthony.

Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the soundtrack and score of Anjaan, which marks his fourth collaboration with director Lingusamy.The soundtrack album has five songs.

The Telugu dubbed version has been titled Sikander.

Sridhar Lagadapati bought Anjaan's Telugu dubbing rights and would be distributing the film in Andhra and Telangana under his Larsco Entertainment banner.

The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music India.

In July 2012, it was reported first that Suriya had signed on Lingusamy's film to be produced under the director's banner.

Anjaan is slated for release on 15 August 2014.