He then left to Singapore to start a career as a television commercial ad director and directed more than 80 short films and content in other genres.

Two days after the release of the Endrendrum Punnagai, Ahmed was approached and signed on for a project by actor-producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, who was impressed with the director's work in the film.

[2] For the leading female role, Ahmed discussed the script with Trisha and Samantha, before signing on Hansika Motwani to play the character of an Indian girl studying in New York.

The film featured Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Radha Ravi, Prakash Raj, and Vivek.

It is an official remake of Subhash Kapoor's Hindi film Jolly LLB (2013), which itself being loosely based on the 1999 Delhi hit-and-run case.