In September 2015, Bobby Simha said that he would produce and act in a venture called Vallavanuku Vallavan and that he had first heard and been impressed with the script in 2013.

[1][2] Sshivada and Pooja Devariya were cast as the film's lead actresses during October 2015, while Raghu Dixit, Vivek Harshan and Padmesh were signed on as music composer, editor and cinematographer respectively.

[9] Latha Srinivasan of India Today gave a negative review citing "It's an age-old story which looks very 80s and Bobby Simha’s character is not a novelty factor.

Though the director has tried to add some elements of comedy along with the con angle, it doesn’t work" and concluded the film "can be given a complete miss".

[10] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India wrote "Vallavanukkum Vallavan would have definitely worked for the audience if it would have released few years ago as planned.