Recently, photos of director Samuthirakani shooting sequences in a temple with actress Radhika had turned viral, and Radhika had tweeted the picture, captioning it "#SunTV ,director @thondankani giving me instructions. This marks both our return to small screen on Primetime! God speed".

This lead to numerous speculations that Samuthirakani, who had previously directed television serials like Anni, Ramani vs Ramani and also directed Radhika in Arasi, is back to direct a new serial on Sun TV starring Radhika. However now the director has given his clarification on the same.

Samuthirakani has revealed in a recent interview that Radaan is like home, and he has directed Arasi earlier, and clarified that he has only directed the trailer for the new serial and that he is not the director of this new serial. Samuthirakani who is acting in movies like Vellai Yaanai, Indian 2, further added that he will be ready to do anything for Radaan.