The Tamil remake of Malayalam blockbuster Traffic is all set to go on floors soon. However director Rajesh Pillai will not direct the Tamil remake of the movie. He said that the original plan was to initiate the Tamil remake proceedings immediately, which didn't happen. Now he has ruled himself out of the Tamil version as he wants to concentrate on the Hindi remake.

The Tamil version will now be directed by his assistant Shaheed Kader, It was Rajesh who suggested his name for the movie. In the Tamil version Sarathkumar will play the lead role of the cop, played by Sreenivasan. This movie will also feature Prakashraj (in Rahman's role),  Prasanna (in Kunchacko Boban's role), Radikaa Sarathkumar (in Lena's role), Remya Nambeesan (same role) important roles.

The Tamil remake of Traffic is jointly produced by Listin Stephen and Radikaa Sarathkumar.