On 9 August, it was reported that Dhruv Vikram had wrapped shooting for his portions in the film. And portions involving Vikram, Dhruv and Vani Bhojan were shot in this schedule. In mid-July 2021, the team headed to Darjeeling for the final schedule. Įilming resumed on 6 July, with a 35-day schedule being held in Kanchipuram and then another shooting schedule was planned around Chennai, Goa and Darjeeling. During late-June 2021, it was announced that Subbaraj planned to resume shooting for the film in July, with the entire team being vaccinated before the shoot. By then, 50% of the film's shooting was complete. On 29 April 2021, despite the continous shoot for about 50 days, the producers suspended the shooting, keeping in mind with the rise in COVID-19 infections across Tamil Nadu. The film was set to be shot across Chennai, Goa and Kodaikanal. With Vikram's return to Chennai after completing the shooting schedule for Cobra in Russia, principal photography commenced on 10 March 2021. Subbaraj fixed Kodaikanal as the principal location for the film, and planned to start the shoot in February 2021 due to Vikram's commitments to Cobra and Ponniyin Selvan. Sound designer Kunal Rajan who worked in Enthiran and Vishwaroopam was announced a part of the technical team, whilst Dinesh Subbarayan, son of prominent stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan joined the team as stunt director. Sananth and "Vettai" Muthukumar were announced as a part of the principal cast in mid-March 2021. Vani Bhojan was announced as the female lead opposite Vikram. Bobby Simha announced his collaboration with Subbaraj for the sixth time. The makers announced the principal cast and crew members on 10 March 2021 onwards, with Simran being the first member to be announced as a part of the film. Anirudh opted out of the project due to his busy schedule and was replaced by Subbaraj's norm composer Santhosh Narayanan. Shreyaas Krishna who worked with Subbaraj in Jagame Thandhiram was signed as the cinematographer and Vivek Harshan joined the film's team as the editor, after multiple associations with Subbaraj since Jigarthanda (2014). Soon after the film's announcement Anirudh Ravichander was chosen to score the music, in his second collaboration with Karthik Subbaraj after Petta (2019) and his maiden collaboration with Vikram. Vani Bhojan ( left), Bobby Simha ( Middle) and Simran ( right) were signed for pivotal roles in the film, collaborating with Vikram On 20 August 2021, the film's official title was unveiled as Mahaan. It is touted to be a film based on revenge, similar to Petta. Karthik Subbaraj utilised the COVID-19 lockdown period to develop the film's script and had planned to start the shoot only after the lockdown ends.
Lalit Kumar officially announced the project on 8 June 2020, with Vikram's son Dhruv also sharing a pivotal role in the film. The film marked Vikram's return to gangster film-genre after Gemini (2002) and Bheemaa (2008). Lalit Kumar of Seven Screen Studio, which produced the actor's Cobra, agreed to fund the project. While Karthik Subbaraj worked on Jagame Thandhiram, Vikram agreed to start the shoot with Subbaraj's script he earlier planned, with S. Vikram, initially greenlit the one-liner narrated by Subbaraj in 2016, while he was shooting for Iru Mugan, but he could not offer the role due to his commitments in other projects.
In June 2020, Karthik Subbaraj was reported to direct a gangster film with Vikram in the lead role, which was tentatively titled Chiyaan 60. Dhruv Vikram as Dada, Mahaan's estranged son.
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