In January 2012, Ameer Sultan announced that his assistant Aslam would direct Srikanth,in his debut film Paagan which was claimed to be a comedy- After completing Nanban, Srikanth started working for this film;for the role, he was said to have lost 7 kilos Janani Iyer of Avan Ivan fame was selected as lead actress while comedians Kovai Sarala, Pandi and Soori were selected to essay supporting roles and comical relief. Filming was held in Tirupur and Pollachi. During a stunt sequence where Srikanth should escape from fire, his rope got cut but he safely landed without hurt. The film was shot with a Sony F65 camera.