Director Karthik Subburaj seems to have a liking for popular dishes when it comes to naming his films. While he delivered a horror-thriller in his debut film named after the Italian recipe Pizza, his second film has been named after the popular local cold-rink, Jigarthanda.

Actor Siddharth, who first introduced shortfilm director Balaji Mohan to mainstream filmmaking with Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, is playing the male lead in the film and Lakshmi Menon plays his pair. The director has retained actors Simhaa and Karna from Pizza in his second project as well and veteran actor Pratap Pothen will also be seen in an important role in Jigarthanda.

Music director Santosh Narayanan of Pizza and Soodhu Kavvum is composing music for Jigarthanda and the puja of the film was held recently. Kathiresan, who produced Polladhavan and Aadukalam, is producing the film under the banner Five Star Films.