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[[A. V. Meiyappan]] acquired the rights to the play and also shared Krishnan-Panju's wish to make a film based on it.<ref name="hindu2">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article1985626.ece | title=The KB school | work=The Hindu | date=2 May 2011 | accessdate=14 December 2014 | last=Guy | first=Randor | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150428082107/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article1985626.ece | archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> Balachander was recruited as the film's screenplay and dialogue writer. Krishnan-Panju, in addition to being a co-producer, directed the film, although Balachander had shown a keen interest in directing it himself.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=179}}<ref name=hindu2/> Meiyappan accepted the inclusion of Nagesh in the film after watching the latter's performance in the play.<ref name="MM">{{cite news | url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/05/09203224/actor-nagesh-Server-Sundaram-c.html | title=நகைச்சுவை நடிகராக இருந்த நாகேஷ் "சர்வர் சுந்தரம்" படத்தில் கதாநாயகன் ஆனார் | trans_title=Nagesh, a comedian who became a hero with "Server Sundaram" | work=[[Maalai Malar]] | date=9 May 2012 | accessdate=14 December 2014 | language=Tamil | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150428080857/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/05/09203224/actor-nagesh-Server-Sundaram-c.html | archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> Nagesh, who in turn was impressed with S. N. Lakshmi's performance in the play, asked Balachander to have Meiyappan include her in the film.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/courage-goaded-her-on/article439447.ece | title=Courage goaded her on ... | work=The Hindu | date=27 May 2010 | accessdate=17 December 2014 | last=Rangarajan | first=Malathi | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20141217074703/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/courage-goaded-her-on/article439447.ece | archivedate=17 December 2014}}</ref> K. R. Vijaya was cast as Sundaram's love interest Radha, and R. Muthuraman was cast as his friend Raghavan.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|2014|p=382}} Singer T. M. Soundararajan made a guest appearance in the song "Avalukkena".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/T-M-Soundararajan-An-Alchemist-who-mixed-melodies-with-emotions/2013/05/26/article1606131.ece | title=T M Soundararajan: An Alchemist who mixed melodies with emotions | work=[[The New Indian Express]] | date=26 May 2013 | accessdate=26 January 2016 | first1=Sruthisagar | last2=Rajagopalan | first2=V. | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6eomHEmoy | archivedate=26 January 2016 | last1=Yamunan}}</ref>
''Server Sundaram'' was the first Tamil film to show numerous behind-the-scenes looks at the various processes involved in film-making such as the studio interiors, [[Musical composition|song recording]], horse riding scenes and rain scenes.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=180}}<ref name="Tamil_Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/cinema-others/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D/article6662764.ece | title=அவனுக்கென்ன.. அழகிய மனம்! | trans_title=What's the matter with him.. Beautiful mind! | work=[[The Hindu (Tamil)]] | date=5 December 2014 | accessdate=14 December 2014 | last=Madhavan | first=Pradeep | language=Tamil | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150428081231/http://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/cinema-others/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D/article6662764.ece | archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> It was also notable for not featuring an antagonist.<ref name=Tamil_Hindu/> In one sequence, [[S. V. Ranga Rao]] and [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] are seen as actors performing a scene for a film, using the concept of [[Story within a story#Film within a film|film within a film]].<ref name="MR">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/till-the-final-stage/article2346587.ece | title=Till the final stage | work=The Hindu | date=11 August 2011 | accessdate=14 December 2014 | last=Rangarajan | first=Malathi | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150428081431/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/till-the-final-stage/article2346587.ece | archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> The bond between mother and son, which according to historian [[S. Theodore Baskaran]] was "a persistent theme in Tamil cinema", was shown in the film.{{Sfn|Baskaran|2013|page=138}} He also compared it to ''[[City Lights]]'' (1931) because in both films, a poor man "pin[s] for the attention of the woman he fancies".{{Sfn|Baskaran|2013|pp=137-138}} ''Server Sundaram'' was also considered a biography of Nagesh's own life.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article184201.ece | title=Reflections of a matinee maverick | work=The New Indian Express | date=18 July 2010 | accessdate=17 December 2014 | last=Narayanan | first=Sharadha | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150428081649/http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article184201.ece | archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> Nagesh was not convinced about having "Avalukkena" immediately after the film's [[intermission]]. Krishnan-Panju insisted and shot the song. Nagesh did not co-operate much during the song's filming. However, after seeing the positive feedback the song received, Nagesh admitted his mistake to Krishnan-Panju.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page = 180}} Panju edited the film under the pseudonym "Panjabi".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20150301/textview | title=Remembering Panju | work=The Hindu | date=1 March 2015 | accessdate=4 June 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160524075037/https://in.newshub.org/remembering-panju-12679787.html# | archivedate=24 May 2016}}</ref> The final length of the film was {{Convert|4535|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=178}}
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