The film starts with the chief minister and IG of Karnataka coming to the house of Vitta Gowda (Ananth Nag) to request that he send his grandson Airavata to duty as soon as possible.

He brought over a big change to the crime-filled city and slowly eradicated all signs of criminal activity.

These rules cause huge losses to several criminals, mostly to Prathap Kale (Prakash Raj), who immediately calls upon an enmity with Airavata.

During the preparations for a government event, Airavata is arrested by the force and is revealed to be a fake IPS officer in Karnataka.

Towards the end, Prathap kills Vitta Gowda and his wife Sitadevi (Sithara) and kidnaps each and every police officer's daughters along with Priya, intending to sell them abroad.

It was reported that Darshan liked Arjun's work in both Ambari and Addhuri besides penning down lyrics for his own film Thangigagi.

The film began production on 16 February 2013 at the Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore with actor V. Ravichandran and former Chief Minister H. D.

However, the film's proceedings went on a very slow pace owing to the busy schedules of director Arjun, and actor Darshan.

[7] Actress Erica Fernandes was initially roped in to play the lead role opposite Darshan.

In early 2015, Darshan's seven-year-old son Vineesh was reportedly roped in to play a small character role alongside his father.