The film stars Dhanush, Trisha and Anupama Parameswaran, along with S. A. Chandrasekhar and Saranya Ponvannan.

Dhanush, who produced R. S. Durai Senthilkumar's previous two films, Ethir Neechal and Kakki Sattai, will be playing dual roles for the first time.

The film's music will be composed by Santhosh Narayanan, the cinematography is performed by Venkatesh S.

The film is scheduled to release on 27 October 2016 coinciding with the festival of Diwali.

The project was first announced during August 2015, when Dhanush revealed that he would act in Durai Senthilkumar's next film, after he finished his ongoing commitments.

Dhanush revealed that the film would be a political thriller and that he would appear in dual roles as two brothers.

Shriya Saran was first selected as the heroine by Dhanush but she couldn't allot dates for the film.

Vidya Balan was first approached for negative role in the film, but did not agree to do the film.

Trisha was signed as the female lead of the film. She will be dubbing in her own voice for the film. Her character has said to have some negative shades.