The film is publicized as a biopic of "Gopinath Iyengar" (founder of Indian airlines 'Air Deccan'). In the film, Maaran (portrayed as G.R. Gopinath) resists to sell his airline to a business tycoon Vijay Mallya. In reality, after various talks and negotiations, Vijay Mallya managed to buy the airline company and re-branded "Air Deccan" as "Simplifly Deccan" with kingfisher logo.
The film is publicized as a biopic of "Gopinath Iyengar" (founder of Indian airlines 'Air Deccan') who dreamed to offer air tickets at a cheap rate. But the lead character in the film is named as "Maaran", where the character is named after "Kalanithi Maaran", a corporate tycoon, who is a major stakeholder of another commercial Indian airline company "Spicejet".
The film is publicized as a biopic of "Gopinath Iyengar" (founder of Indian airlines 'Air Deccan'). In reality, Gopinath Iyengar is theist (god believer). But in the film, the lead character is portrayed as an atheist.