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On May 2019, YNOT Studios announced their collaboration with director duo Pushkar-Gayathri's newly launched production studio Wallwatcher Films, for Halitha Shameem's new project titled as Aelay. Both the directors also joined the film's team as the creative director, with Shameem revealed that she had written the script nine years back, and was waiting for the right producer. She earlier worked as an assistant to Pushkar and Gayathri, whom agreed to produce the film after her narration. The film is touted to be a neo-realistic comedy set in rural areas, with the relationship dynamics between a father and son at its core. Shameem decided to rope in Samuthirakani and Manikandan, whom were a part of the director's Sillu Karuppatti (2019), essaying the roles of father and son, whereas the rest of the cast were non-actors from the village of Manjunayakanpatti in Dindigul district.

Principal photography of the film took place in Palani on 3 May 2019, where the makers planned to shoot the film in a single stretch. The shooting of the film was completed on 1 July 2019.