‘Pathinaaru is an romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, who earlier directed films like V.I.P, Punnagai Poove and A Aa E Ee. It stars Shiva and Madhu Shalini in lead along with musician Darbuka Siva and television artist Abhishek in pivotal roles and has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, which was launched in October 2008 and titled as 16 and Vaanam Namadhe previously, is currently in its production stage and is expected to release in 2011.

Despite being made on a low budget and featuring a relatively new cast, the film mired in development hell, with filming, which was supposed to be completed within two months, being carried on through entire 2009, and finished in January 2010 only. Following the completion, however, the film's release still got delayed further, since it also languished in post-production hell.

Film score and soundtrack of Pathinaaru are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, collaborating with Dekshinamurty again after Punnagai Poove in 2003. The soundtrack album, considered the highlight of the film, would have four songs along with the theme music. The songs were composed in 2008 and recorded later that year and the next year, with the album being ready for release by July 2009. For a song in the flashback portion of the film, Yuvan Shankar Raja made his brother Karthik Raja sing it. All lyrics written by Snehan, except where noted.