Vetrimaaran directed Vada Chennai which is the story of a good-hearted young man turned saviour of North Chennai inhabitants, starred Dhanush, Ameer and Andreah and was originally announced as part 1 of a trilogy. Since the movie's release in late 2018, Vetrimaaran has revealed that Vada Chennai 2 will be a prequel story and will be released as a web-series titled Rajan Vagaira. (centralized on Ameer's character).

When news of the sequel being shelved did the rounds in 2019, actor Dhanush promptly took to twitter to write:

Don’t know what caused this confusion among my fans. Vadachennai part 2 is very much on , Unless you see any official confirmation from my Twitter handle please do not believe in rumours regarding any project of mine. Thank you. Love you.

— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) July 15, 2019

And now, director Vetrimaaran who has a film with Soori and Suriya in the pipeline has once again re-assured that Vada Chennai 2 will be releasing as a web-series, even with two other web-series the National award winning director has in the works.