In October 2011, filming was held near the Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai. The team subsequently shot scenes in a set worth РІвЂљв„– 4Р’В million that was erected at Senthil Studios in Saligramam, Chennai, while the next schedule was to be shot in Thiruvannaamalai and Pondicherry. In August 2011, the first song was shot for five days in Mahabalipuram, with Vikram, Deeksha Seth and fifty back-up dancers participating. Kasi Viswanathan taking care of the music, cinematography and editing, respectively.Р”Р‡ilming began in June 2011, with the first schedule, during which filming was held in and around Chennai, lasting for 60 days.

Suseenthiran also confirmed that he would rejoin with the Naan Mahaan Alla crew, with Yuvan Shankar Raja, R. In late October, National Film Award-winner Thambi Ramaiah as well as cinematographer-turned-actor Aruldass, who had also played a pivotal role in the director's Naan Mahaan Alla, were roped in for other supporting roles. Actresses Shriya Saran and Reemma Sen, who had both worked together with Vikram earlier, were roped in to perform an item number together, after attempts to sign Hansika Motwani, who was reportedly offered РІвЂљв„– 12Р’В million for the role, had failed. Pradeep Rawat, best known for his performance in Ghajini, was selected to play the main antagonist in the film. However, the reports turned out to be false. Sources reported that Mithra Kurian was then signed on for the film for her second big Tamil venture after Kaavalan, after discussions with Abhinaya were unsuccessful. For a parallel lead female role, Amala Paul was signed on, but was forced to pull out due to schedule problems.

In March 2011, Deeksha Seth confirmed her presence in the film, citing that she would portray the leading female role of an IT professional. Vikram was revealed to play a stunt man who aspires to become a noted villain in the film industry, with the makers adding that his character had negative shades. Furthermore, the film was supposed to feature Vikram in dual roles as father and son, however the news was denied by sources, which confirmed that Vikram was to essay dual roles initially, but since the script had been reworked, he would play only one character. Vishwanath and his grandson played by Vikram. Reports suggested that the film would depict the relationship between a grandfather, played by K. Potluri's PVP Cinemas, after Ramesh faced financial restraints. By September 2011, reports confirmed that the film had been taken over by Prasad V. Suseenthiran disclosed that the film would be a 'full-fledged commercial' masala film, with action, comedy and romance, further adding that the dialogues would be penned by Bhaskar Sakthi. Kanakaratna Ramesh was to produce the film, however his teenage sons Pratish and Santosh were eventually revealed to be producers, launching their own banner named SP Creations. A first press meet was held on 6 June 2011 with the entire crew being present. The new title of the film, ' Rajapattai' was eventually released in May 2011, with the first schedule planned to begin in early June. The director initially wanted to experiment with a new script but to make use of the actor's tight schedules he chose to use Seenu's original script. Reports emerged that the film would be titled Vendhan, but this was dismissed by the director. In late 2010, Vikram was forced to pull out of his film with director Selvaraghavan after the project was shelved too and gave dates to a new venture produced by the same studio, for a film to be directed by Suseenthiran. However Vikram's commitment to Kanthaswamy and Raavanan resulted in the film eventually becoming shelved. The film was briefly postponed as Ajith had to complete his remaining projects and soon Boopathy Pandian confirmed otherwise and revealed that the film would actually be made by Rajakaliamman Films with Vikram and Nayantara in the lead roles. 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. Reemma Sen as an item number ('Laddu Laddu Rendu Laddu').Shriya Saran as an item number ('Laddu Laddu Rendu Laddu').Saloni Aswani as an item number ('Viladhi Villain').Pradeep Rawat as Abdul Kadhir alias Vaappa.

Vikram tamil movie rajapattai