Simbu had partly directed 'Manmadhan' and had made his debut as a full-fledged director through 'Vallavan', and both the films tasted success at the box-office and the former proved a landmark film in his career. This was especially because of the script and concept which received a warm welcome among audience.

    When Simbu announced that his pet project, 'Kettavan' will go on floors next year and will have him play the lead and direct the megaphone, a question that was raised by many was whether 'Kettavan' will be a sequel to 'Manmadhan'. What paved way for this doubt was that while 'Manmadhan' involved a hero on a killing spree, 'punishing' ungrateful women, the 'Kettavan' posters too had an animal approach to it, showcasing an angry Simbu.

However, Simbu has rubbished it but admitted that it will not be a sequel but will follow a similar style of filmmaking. The songs are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and a teaser song byte that released quite sometime back, 'Yennada Nadakuthu...' is already popular.

Simbu is currently busy with work on 'Osthi', 'Podaa Podi' and 'Vettai Mannan'.