Earlier, it was stated that A.R. Rahman will retain the songs from the Tamil version of the movie Varalaaru for the Kannada version God Father. But, now, it has been confirmed that the Oscar Award winner will compose some fresh tunes for the remake version retaining only some tunes from the original version. The Tamil version had 8 songs. 

God Father marks the Sandalwood debut of Rahman as a music composer. Upendra plays the male lead in the movie. The movie also stars Soundarya, Catherine Tresa and Bhumika Chawla in important roles. 

Sriram directs the movie, while K.Manju produces it.