It is a remake of the Kannada film Mayabazar 2016 (2020) [1] and stars Prasanna, Shaam, Ashwin Kakumanu, Yogi Babu, Shruti Marathe, Rittika Sen, and VTV Ganesh.
Kumaravel is an honest police officer whose wife Sangeetha suffers from thyroid cancer, but he has no money to save her.
Kumaravel asks Kuberan to stop the raids, but the situation becomes critical when Sangeetha needs more treatment to cure her cancer.
In early November 2020, the media reported that Sundar C had bought the remake rights of the Kannada film Mayabazar 2016 (2020).
[6] The film is directed by Badri who previously worked with Sundar C as a dialogue writer for Kalakalappu (2012) and Action (2019).
[3][7][8] Prasanna and Shaam were cast as police officers while Ashwin Kakumanu and Yogi Babu were signed to portray a youngster and thief, respectively.
[7][10] Shruti Marathe, who starred in Guru Sishyan (2010), was cast as the female lead opposite Prasanna and this film marks her return to Tamil cinema.
[23] A critic from Cinema Express wrote that "This remake manages to not just do justice to the original but also efficiently cater to the local audience".