In 2017, rumours were rife that a biopic on Arjuna Award-winner PT Usha was in the works with Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the lead. Two years later, director Revathy S Varmha has revived the project, apparently with a different actor. Sources suggest that the director has approached Katrina Kaif to bring the life of India's renowned athlete on celluloid.

Conceived as a multi-lingual (English, Hindi, Chinese and Russian besides other Indian languages), the film will chart on-track exploits of the sportsperson, who earned the nickname of Payyoli Express because of her speed.