Menon decided to finalise the script in October 2013, with Sridhar Raghavan and Thiagarajan Kumararaja being the consultants.[5] Principal photography of the film was launched on 9 April 2014, where its first schedule took place at Chennai on 11 April 2014, within 12 days. The second schedule of the film took place in May 2014, where the filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Sikkim, and a few parts in Malaysia. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, reuniting with Menon after Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). Dan Macarthur handled the cinematography,[6] while Anthony edited the film.[7] It is also the final film of Menon's police trilogy, after Kaakha Kaakha (2003) and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006).[8]
The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Harris Jayaraj, the first time for a film starring Ajith. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks.[68] Six tracks had lyrics written by Thamarai, and one song was written by Vignesh Shivan. In July 2014, Harris recorded a romantic song sung by Karthik.[69] Harris said that he had recorded a fresh voice from the United Kingdom for the first song in the film,[70] which was planned to be similar to "Karka Karka" from Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006).[71] In August 2014, Harris started recording the third song for the film.[72] On 18 September 2014, he updated that three songs were completed.[61] It was also known that Trisha's character would have a solo song.[73] In response to the request by Ajith's fans, the makers agreed to release a single track prior to the soundtrack release.[74] The mass number "Adhaaru Adhaaru" sung by Vijay Prakash and Gana Bala, with lyrics written by Vignesh Shivan, was released as the lead single on 11 December 2014.[75][76] Within hours of its release the track topped the iTunes Indian songs chart.[77][78][79] On YouTube, the single track got over 30 thousand hits in 24 hours and was liked by more than 7,000 viewers.[80] Harris Jayaraj confirmed via Twitter that "Adhaaru Adhaaru" was a gangster song and not Ajith's introduction song in the film.[81] Harris Jayaraj was busy working on the final mix of the OST in early December 2014.[82] It was confirmed that the score and the songs would be done in Dolby Atmos surround sound system.[83] The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music,[84] and the album was released on 1 January 2015. The Hindu stated that the music repeated the magic of his last collaboration with Gautham Menon, which was Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).[85]
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