Ever since the trailer of the movie was released, people on social media discussed if the movie was in any way inspired by a true story. Now, the director of the movie, Arun Matheswaran, has spilled the beans on the same. The director-writer said that he first got the idea of making a film on this topic when his uncle, who was in the military, narrated to him about this incident. "I was young motivated me a lot to make this film. The genesis of this thing... it came to mind after hearing about a true incident that took place in 1987, during the Sri Lankan civil war," he told Tamil Guardian in an interview.