The Director of this movie A.L.Vijay and the lead actress Amala Paul got married after this movie.
This movie was initially banned in Tamilnadu because of the tagline 'Time to Lead' which seemed to oppose the then Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha.
The crew had planned to shoot extensively in Dharavi, Bombay which proved impossible thanx you actor Vijay 's popularity in the Tamil community.
The title song was shot in Mumbai with 500 junior artists.
The film was also released in Telugu under the title Anna in Andhra Pradesh and was also dubbed into Hindi as Thalaivaa: The Leader by Goldmines Telefilms in 2017.