Nishan, a Mumbai-based actor who had appeared in Malayalam language films, was also selected to play a role in the segment, while actress Rubi Chakravarti was also roped in to play Vikram's mother in the film after Bejoy Nambiar approached for a role written with her in mind.
Ratnavelu revealed that scenes were also canned in Kapu, Karnataka disguising Goa and that Vikram finished his portions for the film by March 2012. Mangalore beach was designed to replicate the beaches of Goa and a song featuring Remo Fernandes was also shot in February. The team thus shot scenes featuring Vikram and Isha Sharvani there in late February 2012, before moving to Kuttanad. Scenes involving vijay were filmed out first and were canned in locations which were meant to show a Goan backdrop. A third story, featuring Neil Nitin Mukesh that was shot for the Hindi version, was planned to be retained for the Tamil version as well, but was eventually scrapped. The Tamil version would simultaneously show tracks of two people named David with Vikram's storytaking place in Goa, while Jiiva's portion happens in Mumbai. Jiiva would be playing a rock band star in the film who hails from Bandra, Mumbai.
In April 2012, Jiiva confirmed that he joined the film to appear as the second protagonist, announcing that Vikram would be a part of both versions. In January 2012, the producers signed Tabu and Isha Sharvani to play lead female roles in the film, with reports that Isha would be paired opposite Vikram. Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance, the film's producer, then noted that the film had undergone changes and would be made a bilingual in Tamil and Hindi. The pair had previously worked together in Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Raavanan, in which Nambiar had been an assistant director.
Nassar as Noel, the guitarist David's fatherīejoy Nambiar announced in December 2011 that he would make a Hindi film titled David, a gangster-comedy, and signed on Vikram to play a protagonist in the film.Saurabh Shukla as the fisherman David's father.Vikram as the fisherman David/Kirku Santa.Realising that the Goan David would have spoken out against the wedding, he praises the Goan David for not doing so after the ceremony. In 2010, he is the priest that marries off Peter to Roma. He then moves to Goa and becomes a priest like his father. Witnessing the Malati's attempted assassination makes the Mumbai David realise what he almost became had he been the one to do the assassination. Gradually, it is revealed that both Davids are connected somehow in the turn of events. On the day of the wedding, David plans to profess his love for Roma until Peter reveals that he actually sincerely loves her and was only lying that he was marrying her for the dowry out of fear he would be teased. However, David comes to realise that his intentions might not be sincere as both his mother and the priest who tries to help him stop the wedding become involved in separate accidents and are hospitalized. When he finds out Peter does not really love her but is only marrying her for her wealthy father's boat which he will receive as dowry, David is coaxed by his friend, Frenny ( Tabu) to stop the wedding. He falls in love with the deaf and mute Roma ( Isha Sharvani) – the only hitch is that she is engaged to be married to his best friend Peter ( Nishan Nanaiah) in 10 days. Goa, 2010: 30-year-old David ( Vikram) is an alcoholic fisherman living in the small fishing village of Betul in Goa. However, when David tries to kill Malati by a knife, the political activist shouts by David's name and shoots Malati by a Pistol, and bullet attacks her. An angry David is then easily persuaded by a political activist to assassinate Malati at a rally to seek vengeance. Traumatized by this, the priest starts to lose his mind. She attacks David's colony with the help of gangsters and humiliates Noel by blackening his face in front of the media. A Hindu fanatic politician, Malati Tai ( Rohini Hattangadi), finds out about this and makes it appear as if David's father is converting poor people to Christianity in return for money. Their father, Noel ( Nassar), a Protestant priest rallies the locals to do charity work for those in need.
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He is a happy go lucky teenager who dreams of becoming a professional musician and sending his sister, Susannah ( Sheetal Menon) off to Dubai to pursue her dreams. Mumbai, 1999: 19-year-old David ( Jiiva) is an amateur guitarist born into a family of lower-middle class Christians in a poor colony in Mumbai. The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events.