The film began production untitled on 11 January 2017 in T Nagar, Chennai and shot in the area for up to a month. The shoot continued throughout January at Prasad Studios in Chennai where art director Muthuraj had erected a large set resembling Chennai's slums. In February 2017, it was reported that the film was developing under the title of Velaikkaran, after the team had bought the rights of the title from who had registered it for a future film. Following 35 days of shoot, the team moved to Malaysia to continue filming. Some important portions and climax to be shot in Malaysia.
Its reported that is to dub himself for the first time in Tamil in this movie. Music Velaikkaran by Released 2017 Language Tamil chronology (2017) Velaikkaran (2017) (2018) from Velaikkaran. • 'Karuthavanlaam Galeejaam' Released: 29 August 2017 • 'Iraiva + Uyire' Released: 2 November 2017 The soundtrack and background music of this film are scored by Anirudh Ravichander who also scored for Siva Karthikeyan's previous film 'Remo' which was also produced by 24 AM studios.
Two songs from the film have been released, they are: No. Title Singer(s) Length 1. 'Karuthavanlaam Galeejam,' 3:28 2. 'Iraiva' Anirudh Ravichander, 4:53 The single was sung by Anirudh and released on 29th August 2017 with the title 'Karuthavanlaam Galeejam'. 'Karuthavanlaam Galeejam' was termed as the return of North-Madras-style-kutthhu by many. The theme of the song deals with the misconception that black people are scruffy and inferior. A second single was announced by the producer as a '2 in 1 surprise'.