Selvakumar briefly also forayed into production during 2003, financing T. P. Gajendran's family drama, Banda Paramasivam (2003), which was later remade in Hindi as Housefull 2 (2012).
[3] Selvakumar began working on his first directorial venture in January 2012, when it was announced that he had decided to sign up four actors with Nakul, Shiva, Santhanam and Premji Amaren selected.
[5] Based on The Hangover (2009), Selvakumar's Onbadhula Guru (2013) shooting started from October 2012 and was released in early 2013 to negative reviews.
Rediff.com gave 2 out of 5 stating "The entire film is like a collection of comic scenes put together to make the audience laugh without much thought to the storyline".
[6] In 2014, he began working on the production of Puli (2015) directed by Chimbu Deven and featuring Vijay in the lead role.