The team held a photoshoot in October 2015, with Kriti revealing that her and Prakash would portray college students. Samantha and then Trisha were approached to play the leading female role, but their unavailability meant that Kriti Kharbanda, who also appeared in the Telugu Bruce Lee, was signed on to make her debut in Tamil films. The team of the Tamil production, Bruce Lee, were unable to prevent the release of the Telugu version or its dubbed Tamil version. During October 2015, the film had a brief legal tussle with the makers of the Telugu film of the same, Bruce Lee (2015), after they dubbed and released their film in Tamil as Bruce Lee 2. The title of the film was changed in July 2015 from Baasha Engira Anthony to Bruce Lee, after the makers failed to acquire the relevant permission to use the title from the makers of Baashha (1995).

Prakash Kumar had agreed to work with Prashanth Pandiraj on an action comedy film to be produced by Kenanya Films. The project was first announced in June 2015, when G. Mansoor Ali Khan as Minister Mansoor Ali Khan.Kriti Kharbanda as Saroja Devi Suprajit.Prakash Kumar as Bruce Lee (Gemini Ganesan) Will Bruce Lee save Saroja forms the crux of the story. The next day, the girls are kidnapped by Ramdoss, and he demands the camera from Bruce Lee. Unfortunately, her uncle also defends Ramdoss, and the commissioner asks Ramdoss to find who is shooting them. With fear, Saroja Devi decides to give it to Mansoor's son but comes to know that his son is involved in the killing, so she decides to give the evidence to her uncle, who is a lawyer.

Once, Ramdoss kills Minister Mansoor Ali Khan ( Mansoor Ali Khan), and a photo of the killing is taken by Bruce Lee accidentally. Bruce Lee is in love with Saroja Devi Suprajit ( Kriti Kharbanda), a college-going student. An evil don named Ramdoss ( Ramdoss) has a gang who throws acid on people. Prakash Kumar) and his friend Abbas ( Bala Saravanan) are good-for-nothing guys.

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