This film created a great controversy for mocking Indian government's digital India scheme as well as recent GST tax. A hashtag #MersalvsModi started trending in social media.
Vijay acts in 3 different characters for the first time in this film.
This is actor vijay's highest budget movie (135 CRS) which is also said to be the third highest budget Tamil movie after Enthiran and 2.0.
Actor Vijay had performed few magic tricks in the film to make it more realistic. He learned magic from professional magicians from Bulgaria, USA and Germany.
This is the 3rd Vijay starrer for which A.R. Rahman has composed the music for. It also happens to be releasing on both of their careers' 25th anniversary.