Coinciding with the birthday of Shivarajkumar's late father and
Kannada cinema's most celebrated actor,
Rajkumar, the filming began on 24 April 2013. While the filming was half-complete, director
D. Rajendra Babu died following a heart attack. Subsequently,
Chi Guru Dutt was signed in on to direct the film. Majority of the filming has been done in Bengaluru. Sporting sequences and some other portions are shot in Singapore. The film has lavishly shot sports sequences and some beautiful dance numbers. Harsha, the well known choreographer and director is involved in the dance sequences of the film. Actor turned director
Chi Guru Dutt, son of stalwart writer of Kannada cinema
Chi. Udaya Shankar took over the film after the death of D. Rajendra Babu. He started work as a dedication to the legendary Kannada director. According to him, he worked as an actor under Babu in four films. Guru Dutt admits that it is an honour and a duty to complete this film. In fact, Guru Dutt feels that the film should credit Rajendra Babu as the director of Aryan, and not him. The producer, Dhruv Das, has decided that the film will credit both names as the directors of the film. ==Soundtrack ==