 The film had initially shot half way through with  Mohanlal (I) (qv), Dilip (I) (qv) and Vidya Balan (qv) playing  the lead roles, and Kamal (V) (qv) as the director and  Ambazhathil Karanakuran Lohithadas (qv) as the script writer. When  they stopped filming of this initial version, director, producer,  writer and actors were giving different reasons why it got shelved.