[3] Manal Naharam explores the stories of young Indians who travel to Dubai for better jobs and futures, leaving behind their families.

[4] Mansur (Prajin), a sales commission agent in Dubai is in love with Poornima (Tanishka), a waitress at a restaurant.

Anand (Gautham), in search of a job, is loved by Nisha (Varuna Shetty), the daughter of business tycoon Ibrahim Rabbani (Shankar).

[6][7] Newcomer Varuna Shetty and Narayana Kannan from Dubai are supported by actors Jaise Jose and Jijesh Menon.

The preliminary schedule of the film took place in Chennai in March 2013, before the crew left for the remainder of the shooting in Dubai.

Thanishka and Varuna Shetty along with villain actor Vinod Kumar (VK) and Prajin' s performances were commended.

[11] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express praised the screenplay, acting and the direction in Shankar's Tamil directorial debut.