Premam director Alphonse Puthren made his debut with a Tamil-Malayalam bilingual film titled Neram. It was a black comedy thriller starring Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim and Bobby Simha in both versions.
Supporting roles were played by Manoj K Jayan, Shammi Thilakan, and Lalu Alex in Malayalam and Nassar, Thambi Ramiah, John Vijay and Shabareesh Varma portrayed the characters in Tamil. The whole film is set within one day in Chennai. The music was scored by Rajesh Murugesan.