Estimated between ₹300–350 crore , making it one of the costliest Tamil films ever made. The Dual Timeline Plot

While the practical effects (makeup/costumes) are great, some of the CGI elements, particularly in the climax or large-scale crowd scenes, appear unfinished, which can break the suspension of disbelief.

Vijay was a low-level assistant at a DVD duplication and packaging unit called — a strange name for a business that began as a makeup tutorial channel but pivoted into restoring and authoring old Tamil films onto DVDs.