▁Raj ak ali am man ▁Films ▁with ▁Vik ram ▁and ▁N ay ant ara ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁roles . ▁However ▁Vik ram ' s ▁commit ment ▁to ▁K anth as w amy ▁and ▁Ra avan an ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁sh el ved . ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Vik ram ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁pull ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁film ▁with ▁director ▁Sel var ag hav an ▁after ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁sh el ved ▁too ▁and ▁gave ▁dates ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁vent ure ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁studio , ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁to ▁be ▁directed ▁by ▁S use enth ir an . ▁Re ports ▁emer ged ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁be ▁titled ▁V end han , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁the ▁director . ▁The ▁director ▁initially ▁wanted ▁to ▁experiment ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁script ▁but ▁to ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁actor ' s ▁tight ▁sched ules ▁he ▁chose ▁to ▁use ▁Se enu ' s ▁original ▁script . ▁The ▁new ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁" R aj ap atta i " ▁was ▁eventually ▁released ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁schedule ▁planned ▁to ▁begin ▁in ▁early ▁June . ▁A ▁first ▁press ▁meet ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 6 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁with ▁the ▁entire ▁crew ▁being ▁present . ▁Kan ak ar at na ▁R ames h ▁was ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film , ▁however ▁his ▁te en age ▁sons ▁Pr at ish ▁and ▁Sant osh ▁were ▁eventually ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁produ cers