Cinematographer Premkumar who had been a part of movies like Sundarapandian, Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom had made his debut as a director with the 2018 movie 96, which had Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha in lead roles and the romantic entertainer was one of the biggest hits of the year.

After the success of the Tamil version, 96 was remade in Kannada as 99, and now the Telugu remake of 96 is ready as well. Premkumar himself has directed this remake which has been titled Jaanu, and music director Govind Vasantha who composed music in Tamil is in the Telugu version too.

Recently the team had released the teaser of Jaanu, and now they are releasing the first single Pranam. As a surprise, Jaanu team is releasing the song in Tamil also, as "Theeraa", since the songs composed by Govind Vasantha are different for 96 and Jaanu. Starring Samantha and Sharwanand, Jaanu will be released in February.