The film stars Bhushan, Vidhya Mohan and Bose Venkat, with Ramya, Ansiba Hassan, Scissor Manohar, Mahalingam Pollachi, Porur Sekar and Thangam playing supporting roles.
The village bigwig Dharma (Bose Venkat) wanted to marry his college-going relative Malar (Vidhya Mohan) whereas the ruffian Puli (Bhushan) who had no family carried out crimes wearing a lion mask.
R. Bhuvanesh, an erstwhile assistant of directors K. Bhagyaraj and R. Parthiepan, made his directorial debut with Aaravadhu Vanam under the banner of MPG Films International.
Kannada actor Bhushan, Vidhya Mohan from Kerala and Bose Venkat were selected to play the lead roles.
The story is derived from the Mahabharata in which the sixth forest (Aaravadhu Vanam) was supposed to be the toughest for the Pandavas to go through and the battle was the bloodiest in the whole war when going through this passage.
Aaravadhu Vanam is based on a real-life incident about the entire village community vacating their lands for the sake of a young couple in love.
Without any options left, the crew journeyed across various places and finally nailed down Singaram Palayam located near Coimbatore district.