 Kamal Haasan had agreed to make a film for producer Kaja Mohideen of Roja Combines, and the pair discussed signing Menon to be the film's director, after they were impressed with his work in "Kaakha Kaakha" (2003).Menon first discussed the script of "Pachaikili Muthucharam" (2007) with Kamal Haasan, and the actor asked him to develop it into a script within forty days.However he later had second thoughts and asked Menon for a different script to collaborate on.