King's path) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language masala film[3] co-written and directed by Suseenthiran based on a story by Seenu Vasan.

In early 2007, it was reported that director Boopathy Pandian would direct a film written by his assistant, Seenu Vasan, with Ajith Kumar expected to play the lead role.

[3] By September 2011, reports confirmed that the film had been taken over by Prasad V. Potluri's PVP Cinemas, after Ramesh faced financial restraints.

[20][21] Vikram was revealed to play a stunt man who aspires to become a noted villain in the film industry,[22] with the makers adding that his character had negative shades.

[27] For a parallel lead female role, Amala Paul was signed on, but was forced to pull out due to schedule problems.

[28] Sources reported that Mithra Kurian was then signed on for the film for her second big Tamil venture after Kaavalan,[29] after discussions with Abhinaya were unsuccessful.

[31] Actresses Shriya Saran and Reemma Sen, who had both worked together with Vikram earlier, were roped in to perform an item number together,[32] after attempts to sign Hansika Motwani, who was reportedly offered ₹ 12 million for the role,[33] had failed.

[35] In August 2011, the first song was shot for five days in Mahabalipuram, with Vikram, Deeksha Seth and fifty back-up dancers participating.

[39][41] During the last week of October and early November, Saloni Aswani, who had previously starred in Madurai Veeran, was shooting for the song "Villadhi Villain" along with Vikram at the AVM Studios, Chennai.

[42] The item number, featuring Shriya Saran and Reemma Sen, was initially to be filmed in Japan,[32] however, since Suseenthiran was not satisfied with the locations, he decided to can it in Lucca, Italy.

The song "Paniye Pani Poove" was co-sung by Renu Kannan, one of the finalists of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer.

All tracks are written by YugabharathiIn early November 2011, reports confirmed that Sun Pictures had bought the domestic distribution rights of the film.

[63] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff described the film as bland, adding that it was "just an actor's quest for superstardom, and is a disappointing fare", giving it 2 out of 5.