[7] Karm Chawla and Sachin Ravi handled the cinematography and editing, while the music was composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, which became viral upon its release.

Kirik Party was released worldwide on 30 December 2016 to positive reviews from critics and became one of the highest grossing Kannada films of all time and also had a 365-days run in multiplexes.

However, a tragic incident occurs when Saanvi falls from a hostel window and dies after drinking alcohol at a party.

After a series of events and emotional encounters, Karna is able to come to terms with his past and move forward with Arya's support.

Karna, influenced by Arya's words, leaves on a bike journey, deciding to sell his car to fund a sex worker's child's education.

On his final day, Karna writes letters confessing to locking himself in the car and falsely accusing his friends, and expressing his love for Arya.

This chain of events showcases Karna's growth as he takes responsibility for his mistakes and faces the consequences, ultimately learning valuable lessons about honesty and love.

[12] In an interview with The Times of India in December 2016, he said that he wrote the story about six years ago and was inspired from his "college experiences".

Rashmika Mandanna told Indiatimes about her entry to cinema industry "The makers of Kirik Party saw a picture of mine from the Clean & Clear Fresh Face of India 2014 competition — one in which I was dancing during the college round — and approached me to act in the film.

[17] Rashmika Mandanna, then, a model and a student pursuing her graduation, was signed to play the first female lead in the film.

[14] Post auditions for the supporting roles to play sidekicks to Rakshit Shetty's character in the film, seven short film makers, writers, dialogue writers and technicians — Aravind Iyer, Ashwin Rao Pallakki, Shankar Murthy, Dhananjay Ranjan, Chandan, Rajath Kumar and Giri Krishna — were signed.

[20] It completed in September, with the final leg of the schedule filming a "journey song" for which the makers traveled to 15 places in four states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa spanning 2,400 kilometers.

[23] The film has ten tracks composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, out of which only six were included in the soundtrack album which initially released on 26 November 2016.

[25] The soundtrack had lyrics written by Rakshit Shetty, Dhananjay Ranjan, Kiran Kaverappa and Veeresh Shivamurthy.

Over the following month, it was released and saw strong opening in United States, Singapore, Dubai, Japan, Israel and parts of Europe.

[30] In YouTube it garnered more than 3 lakh views within 48 hours of its launch, breaking the previous record for a Kannada film trailers.

[33] Shashi Prasad of The Deccan Chronicle too rated 4/5 stars and wrote, "Both Rakshit and Rishab Shetty seem to have held onto the pulse of the new set of audience."

But the director, Rishab Shetty, is stupendously inventive, and these generic elements acquire startlingly specific colours."

"[35] Shyam Prasad of Bangalore Mirror rated 3.5/5 stars and wrote, "Director Rishab Shetty manages to derive lively and realistic performances from all actors.

[37] S. Viswanath of Deccan Herald called the film "a cacophonous campus tale spotlighting on the less appreciable aspects of students’ life."

He wrote, "What is infuriating is that Rishab Shetty believes bunking classes, copying in exams, throwing tantrums at teachers and principal, whistling and wolfing at campus girls, invading hostels and downing pegs are meatier than the realistic depiction of what constitutes a student’s life" and added that "What actually ensures that one does not give up on Kirik Party is the brilliant acting of Rashmika Mandanna and Samyuktha Hegde.