Cheran also plays the lead role in his film for the first time, and other cast members include Gopika, Sneha, Mallika and Kaniha.

The film begins with Senthil Kumar, who runs an advertising agency, boarding a train on a journey to invite his friends and family for his forthcoming wedding.

[6] Vijay also showed interest after Cheran narrated the script, but the actor ultimately was unable to commit due to scheduling conflicts.

[7] Arvind Swamy revealed that he was also offered the main role, but he declined because he was retired from cinema in that time period.

[citation needed] The song "Ovvoru Pookalume" also featured the performance of the members of Raaga Priya orchestra which also included its founder Comagan.

[12] Sify wrote, "A major plus point of Autograph is that Cheran has chosen three cameramen to do the three episodes in his life which makes the film lively and nostalgic.

"[13] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Well-mounted production has too much familiar melodrama, and few real highlights (notably one delightful homage to ’70s Tamil musicals), but remains an easy watch.

"[14] G Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema wrote "A trend setting film recollecting love memoirs in various phases of life".

[15] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote that Cheran's creative maturity, re-emerging not only as an actor but also as a fine artist, was recorded as an art form in Autograph.