A spiritual successor to his earlier Thiruttu Payale (2006), the film features Bobby Simha, Prasanna and Amala Paul in the lead roles.

[6] Selvam is a young police officer who is often transferred from one place to another because of his honesty and sincerity towards his duty as a law enforcer.

By tapping these secret conversations, he exposes various scandals that often lead to the downfall of many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen.

However, he comes to realize that he is never rewarded for his honesty and starts tracing the calls of other members of the elite class that has not been assigned to him.

Initially, Agal trusted Balki as a good friend and shared all her secrets with him, then she discovers his evil intentions and blocks him on Facebook.

If he does not key in his secret password within a specific time period on a day-to-day basis, the data will be leaked automatically, tarnishing both Selvam's personal and professional life.

Thinking he would get into trouble, Selvam is instead congratulated by Nagarajan for publicly removing his fellow IPS from competing with him for job of State Director general of Police.

It is then revealed that after Balki's father met with Selvam, he finally convinced his son to allow the old man to live with him, as a servant.

In April 2016, AGS Entertainment announced that they would team up with director Susi Ganeshan for a sequel to their 2006 film, Thiruttu Payale.

[7][8] Consequently, in August 2016, Bobby Simha was revealed as the lead actor, while Prasanna was signed on to play the antagonist, thus teaming up with the director for the second time after 14 years.

The soundtrack album of Thiruttu Payale 2 composed by Vidyasagar was launched at an open event held on 1 September 2017, at Forum Vijaya Mall in Chennai which was telecasted live on Thanthi TV the very same day.

The album received mixed reviews from critics, however "Nee Parkkum" which was sung by Sathyaprakash was praised, but the other songs were criticised.

"[13] Moviecrow rated the album 2.75 out of 5, stating "Vidyasagar's quality melodies continue to work effectually for this sequel and it's baffling that this composer is less in action nowadays.

"[14] In a positive note, Sharanya CR, writing for The Times of India in her review stated "Nee Paarkum" as "a lilting song, with soothing guitar portions in the background".

[16] A critic from The Times of India rated the film two-and-half out of five stars and wrote that "Through Thiruttu Payale, Susi intends to convey that everyone lies or pretends in one or the other way, based on the situations they encounter.

[17] A critic from The News Minute wrote that "The non-linear plot keeps our interest in the mind games that the characters play but the choppy editing makes the screenplay look disjointed".