Following the success of Jeeva (2014), Sussenthiran announced that his next film revolve around events taking place in South Chennai. Suseenthiran subsequently announced that Harish Kalyan and Sri would be seen in the leading roles, while Harish Uthaman and Nandakumar would play the villains. Samskruthy Shenoy, who had previously been seen in Malayalam films, was signed on to play the leading female role.Arrora, who composed music for Kalyana Samayal Saadham (2013), was chosen to compose the film's music, while Star Productions and Nellu Studios co-produce the venture.
The film began shoot in Coimbatore in early October 2014 with a working title of Nerukku Ner, while it has also previously been dubbed as Agni Natchathiram. Notably both titles are yesteryear films featuring dual lead characters, as like the roles of Sri and Harish Kalyan in the venture.