Development and casting Rishab Shetty, who had earlier starred in
Rakshit Shetty's 2014 film
Ulidavaru Kandanthe, turned director for the first time with
Ricky. Shetty had conceived the story in 2009 inspired from an incident that occurred in
Kundapur near his hometown Kerady in
Karnataka, as an aspiring film director. He said, "I was born and brought in Kerady, a place near Kundapura, which is surrounded with mountains. It was a Naxal-affected area and I used to hear several stories from people around me, which formed the backdrop of the story" and added, "I have also explored an incident about
Special Economic Zones, which I picked up from a programme by the central government". Shetty had initially wanted
Diganth to play the lead role. However, on watching
Rakshit Shetty's 2010
Tughlaq, he decided to have him play the role. He planned to signing
Hariprriya after being impressed by her performance in the 2014 film
Ugramm. Filming began in
Karkala,
Udupi district. Majority of the filming took place in Udupi and
Dakshina Kannada. Rakshit Shetty confirmed that 90 percent of the filming was completed by 12 October, in a span of 42 days, with a song sequence to be shot in
Gujarat. The director revealed that songs and fight sequences were to be shot in
Bengaluru. A house worth 1 million was constructed in the area for filming in Kalavaru village at the Western Ghats region, to resemble the house of an agriculturist that was demolished previously, after orders from a court. Setting to complete filming in a total of 99 days, a total of 46 days was done in the deep forests of
Karkala, in the
Udupi district of
Karnataka. Additionally, filming took place for four days in
Bangalore, nine days in
Melkote, and 12 days in areas surrounding the
Dal Lake of
Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir. ==Soundtrack==