in early-december 2017, t. santhanam has been roped in as the art director of the movie, and following this, it was made official that "sun pictures" is producing the movie. before the title was revealed on 21 june 2018, it was referred to by the media as "thalapathy 62", as it is the 62nd movie starring vijay who is commonly called "thalapathy" (commander) by fans. keerthy suresh was later signed to play the female lead role and varalaxmi sarathkumar was also confirmed, playing a pivotal role. b. jeyamohan was recruited as writer, and shooting began in january 2018. the team have successfully completed the first and second schedules of the shoot, and were set to begin their third schedule in the us in early august 1st week.