vishnu also later opted out from the film and was replaced by krishna, with production beginning quietly in mid-2016. by september 2016, the team had completed the majority of the shoot and the producers released the first look poster during the same month. cinematographer kumaran revealed that "seventy percent" of the film was completed in the first schedule, before the second schedule began in september 2016. the film marked actress iswarya's first big role in tamil films, and in the film, she portrayed an ooty-born girl, who moves to chennai. for the role, she had to juggle speaking in normal tamil and with a north madras slang.