Featuring Rahman, Gowri Nandha, Surendar Shanmugam, Akhil, Monica and, the film's score and soundtrack is composed by Karthik Raja and cinematography is done by E. Krishnasamy.

But he tells her that Surya doesn't deserve to live and lets him die in the box, which is shown to be buried deep underground in a far away place.

The makers prepared the film for release in early 2017 following the success of Rahman's other project, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016), which had also featured him as a police officer.

The film opened on 17 February 2017 to mixed reviews, with the critic from The Times of India stating Pagadi Aattam is "partly inspired from the Hollywood flick Buried, the story and its execution falls flat" and that "the technical aspects, too, hardly offer anything to cheer about".

[7] The Deccan Chronicle stated it is a "movie which is watchable once" adding that "post interval it picks up momentum after the entry of Rahman".

[8] Giving a negative review, Indiaglitz.com stated "venture into this game at your own risk if only to receive some relevant messages for today's youth" and labelled the film as a "mess".