The film was launched on 14 March 2015 , but was briefly delayed to allow Bakkiyaraj Kannan to complete the script and finalise the cast . Keerthy Suresh was signed on to portray the film 's lead heroine in October 2015 , after Shruti Haasan , Samantha Ruth Prabhu , and Amy Jackson had turned down the offer due to schedule conflict . The film 's shoot began in late October 2015 with a photo shoot organised by Venket Ram . The film 's introduction song was thereafter shot during November 2015 in the newly opened Chennai Metro and was choreographed by Raju Sundaram . The film developed under the tentative title of '' Nurse Akka '' , before '' Remo '' , inspired by Vikram 's character in Shankar 's '' Anniyan '' ( 2005 ) , was finalised in February 2016 . Action scenes where done by Anal ' Arasu The soundtrack and background score of the film were composed by Anirudh Ravichander , in which he collaborates with the fifth time for a Sivakarthikeyan-starrer movie . Lyrics were written by Vignesh Shivan , Vivek , Ku . Karthik , Inno Genga and L. H. Harish Raam . The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music Entertainment . Three singles were released from the movie , with lyrics written by Vignesh Shivan . The former two singles were rendered by Anirudh himself , while the latter was sung by bollywood singer Arjun Kanungo and Srinidhi Venkatesh . First single from the movie - Remo Title Track , was released on 23 June 2016 , at the movie launch which was telecasted live on YouTube . The second single " Senjitaley " was launched on 1 July 2016 , which performed by Anirudh Ravichander at the 5th SIIMA Awards , held at Singapore . The third single " Sirrikadhey " was launched as a promotional video song on 18 August 2016 . The promo was directed by Prabhu Radhakrishnan , featuring the music composer Anirudh , singers , technicians and Sivakarthikeyan and Keerthy Suresh make a cameo appearance , in the video . Another single , " Come Closer " was released on 26 August 2016 , which was written and rendered by Inno Genga . The song was a reprised international version of " Sirikkadhey " . The entire album was launched on 5 September 2016 , by A. R. Rahman , and it was made available to download on the internet
5th SIIMA Awards
5th South Indian International Movie Awards
Remo (film)