Papanasam is the remake of the super hit Malayalam film ‘Drishyam’ starring Mohanlal and Meena and the Tamil version has Kamal Haasan and real life spouse Gautami in lead roles. Others in the cast are Kalabhavan Mani,Niveda Thomas,Anant Mahadevan. Asha Sarath, Baby Esther with Charlie and Delhi Ganesh uniting with Kamal Haasan after a long time.

The thriller film is set in the Tirunelveli belt and the entire cast speak the Nellai slang. Dialogues are by Jeyamohan, Music is by Ghibran and directed by Jeethu Joseph who helmed the original. ‘Papanasam’ is jointly produced by Wide Angle Creations and RajKumar Theatres Pvt Ltd.