Directed by debutant director Babu Sivan, a former associate of Dharani, the film is being produced by AVM Balasubramanian and B Gurunath Meiyappan for AVM. Ilayathalapathy Vijay is playing the lead role and “Arundhathi” fame Anushka in the lead with Salim Ghose, Sri Hari, Sri Nath and others. The sources  inside revealed that Anushka will play a doctor in vettaikaran movie. She says, “I am a great fan of Vijay. I have seen his movies several times. I had no hesitation in accepting the offer when AVM and director Babu Sivan approached me. It is a breezy entertainer and acting with him is a delight.” This is the 49th movie of Vijay and first time under the AVM banner.

The director promises that ‘Vettaikkaran’ will be a completely commercial film, with great songs, action sequences and a message, adds: “I am really excited. It is such an honour to work for an AVM production starring Vijay as hero. His appeal and reach are just amazing.” Vijay Anthony, who is scoring music for the first time for a Vijay movie, says “Usually, people say my compositions are full of energy. But, when they combine with Vijay’s energetic steps, the effect is bound to be something else.” Vijay’s son Sanjay has done a dance number with Vijay shot by cameraman Gopinath. A lesser known fact is that Kamal Hassan too made his debut as a child artist in the film Kalathur Kannamma produced by AVM.

Will the story come to an end without a quote from Vijay? Certainly not. The actor says: “The crew has a strong contingent of technicians, including
cinematographer Ravivarman, music director Vijay Antony, art director Milan and editor V T Vijayan. Babu Sivan is a man of talents. So, I am sure about the
success of Vettaikaran.”