Jama is helmed and headlined by Pari Elavazhagan. Debuting as a filmmaker with this film, Pari has previously acted in films like Yaanum Theeyavan (2017), Chennai Palani March (2019), and the recent J Baby.

In an earlier conversation with CEdirector Pari Elavazhagan, who is also playing the lead role in the film as a therukoothu artiste, who dons female roles in plays, said, “A group of therukoothu artistes who work together as a team is called a Jama. The story revolves around two artists who start a Jama together. How the protagonist attempts to reclaim the leadership post that his father once lost forms the basic storyline of the film.”

Jamawhich was completely shot in and around Thiruvannamalai, also stars Chetan, Ammu Abhirami, Srikrishna Dayal, KVN Manimegalai, Kaala Kumar, Vasanth Marimuthu, and Siva Maran, among others.

On the technical front, Jama has cinematography by Gopal Krishna, editing by Partha MA, and art direction by Srikanth Gopal. Learn and Teach Production, which has previously backed Koozhangal, is bankrolling this film.