In February 2024, it was announced that Ashok Selvan, Vasanth Ravi, and Aishwarya Lekshmi would be starring in a film to be directed by V. Priya.

[1] Vasanth Ravi was cast as Priya felt it would be "refreshing" and different from his previous, more intense roles.

[2] The music and original score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, reuniting with V. Priya after 17 years since their last film Kannamoochi Yenada (2007).

The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India.The first single "Sun Light" was released on 2 April 2024.

[citation needed] In March 2024, the production company Jio Studios announced that the film would have a direct-to-television premiere on Colors Tamil, rather than a theatrical release.

This prompted an angry response from Vasanth Ravi who accused the producers of not informing the cast and crew in advance.

[7][8] Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 2+1⁄2 stars and wrote, "Pon Ondru Kanden is a film with heart at its right place, but the one which needed just more than skin-deep characterisations".

[9] Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 1+1⁄2 stars and wrote, "Pon Ondru Kanden attempts to be a light-hearted romantic comedy but ends up being a confusing and unfulfilling watch".

From start to finish, the film feels like a drear fest of cardboard cut-outs of cliche archetypes".