0 0 7 ▁collaboration ▁Pol lad hav an , ▁the ▁entire ▁team ▁of ▁that ▁film ▁ ▁director ▁V etr ima aran , ▁lead ▁actor ▁D han ush , ▁producer ▁S . ▁Kath ires an , ▁and ▁music ▁director ▁G . ▁V . ▁P rak ash ▁K umar ▁ ▁collabor ated ▁again ▁for ▁A ad uk al am . ▁V etr ima aran ▁spent ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁two ▁years ▁in ▁Mad ur ai ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁local ▁dialect ▁and ▁l ifest yle ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁living ▁there . ▁A ad uk al am ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁film ▁of ▁V etr ima aran ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁production ▁office ▁set ▁up ▁outside ▁of ▁Chen na i . ▁V etr ima aran ▁took ▁a ▁year ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁screen play , ▁script , ▁and ▁dialog ues ▁for ▁A ad uk al am ▁and ▁held ▁a ▁bounded ▁script ▁for ▁the ▁vent ure , ▁which ▁is ▁considered ▁rare ▁in ▁T amil ▁films . ▁V etr ima aran ▁narr ated ▁only ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁script ▁to ▁D han ush ▁before ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁im pressed ▁with ▁it ▁and ▁agreed ▁to ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁titled ▁Se val , ▁but ▁since ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁title ▁were ▁already ▁taken ▁by ▁director ▁H ari ▁for ▁his ▁project ▁with ▁B har ath , ▁V etr ima aran ▁decided ▁to ▁rename ▁his ▁film ▁as ▁A ad uk al am . ▁ ▁Sh ri ya ▁Sar an ▁was ▁signed ▁on ▁for ▁the ▁project ▁in ▁February ▁ 2