The film contains many references to past Vijay movies, including Poove Unakkaga (1996), Ghilli (2004), Thuppakki (2012), Bigil (2019), Master (2021), and Beast (2022).
Vijay and R. Sarathkumar's voices are dubbed by TV actors Sachin Tyagi and Eijaz Khan respectively in the Hindi version.
Varisu marks Telugu based Dil Raju 's production (Sri Venkateswara Creations) debut in Tamil. Previously, Raju had distributed the Telugu versions of Tamil films in such as Vijay's previous film, Beast (2022) & Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: Part One (2022) (as PS1). Coincidentally, Raju had also distributed Ajith Kumar's Thunivu (2023) released as "Tegimpu" in Telugu, which released on the same day as Varisu did in Tamil.
Vijay and Prakash Raj are acting together once again after a period of 14 years. They previously worked together in Ghilli (2004), Sivakaasi (2005), Aathi (2006), Pokkiri (2007), and Villu (2009).