
Santhanam, who featured in a pivotal role in Siva's previous film, was also chosen to play a supporting role in the film. Munish, who appeared in Naanga, and Bala were also selected to play Ajith's brothers. Suhail Chandhok, brother of former Formula One racer Karun Chandhok, was signed on for a role after e Ajith was impressed with a short film that Suhail had featured in. Vidharth, who rose to fame with his role in Mynaa was signed on for the film after discussions with Prasanna were unsuccessful.


Casting Alongside Ajith, it was noted that four young actors would appear as his brothers in the venture. Production for the film was put on hold until Ajith completed Chakri Toleti's Billa 2 and most of his other ongoing project directed by Vishnuvardhan. Subsequently in early December 2011, Ajith signed on to play the lead role in the venture, with a poster released confirming Siva's participation, noting that Vetri and Yuvan Shankar Raja would be cinematographer and music composer for the venture respectively.ĭevi Sri Prasad later replaced Yuvan, while Kasi Vishwanathan was signed as editor and Boopathy Raja as story writer. Siva, who had made his debut in Tamil films with the successful 2011 film Siruthai was noted as a potential candidate to direct the film, while Anushka Shetty was initially reported to play the female lead role. Nagi Reddy's 100th year since birth with a film project. The potential collaboration between Vijaya Productions and Ajith Kumar was reported in November 2011, with speculations suggesting that Venkata Ramana Reddy wanted to commemorate his late father B. Pre-production work has been ongoing since December 2011, with the shoot ultimately starting in April 2013. The film features Ajith Kumar and Tamannaah in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Vidharth, Santhanam, Suza Kumar and Abhinaya amongst others. Veeram (வீரம் English: Courage) is an Tamil action masala movie directed by Siva and produced by Vijaya Productions.
