Superstar Rajinikanth has revealed that his upcoming Tamil action drama Petta, directed by Karthik Subbaraj, is an entertaining throwback to the kind of films he did in the 1990s. At the audio launch of Petta, Rajinikanth opened up about the project and described it as an "action-packed entertainer".

"When Sembian and Kannan from Sun Pictures came home and requested me to act in their production, I immediately gave my nod. Karthik Subbaraj had pitched a story to me. It was on my mind and as I listened to stories from other filmmakers, I wasn't quite satisfied," he said. "Then, I called Karthik again this year and asked him to narrate. This time, he stunned me with an excellent, well-developed version of the story he pitched earlier," Rajinikanth said, recalling how Petta started.