After The Xpose (2014), Himesh Reshammiya wanted to make an edge-of-the-seat musical thriller. According to the film’s director, Shawn Arranha, Teraa Surroor is an escape drama set in Dublin with some lethal characters played by Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Kabir Bedi, Shernaz Patel, Monica Dogra and newcomer Farah Karimae, besides Himesh.