Production
Kamal Haasan had written the script with himself in mind to play the lead role in the late 1990s, but never got down to making it because he felt it would not have been cost-effective. After the profitable Pammal K. Sambandam, Mouli asked Kamal Haasan to re-collaborate with this particular script but Kamal Haasan was uninterested. Madhavan was selected by Kamal Haasan to replace him, after the pair had shot for Anbe Sivam together in the period.Madhavan was able to pick a Malayali-Tamil Pallakad accent within this time with the help of padhmanabhan nair. Geetu Mohandas was signed in February 2003 after Mouli had seen her picture in a magazine, and thus she made her comeback to the Tamil film industry after having appeared as the child in the 1988 film, En Bommukutty Ammavukku.
Bruno Xavier, an Australia-based Sri Lankan Tamil actor, was roped in to play the antagonist's role after a successful audition.
The film was shot predominantly in Melbourne, Australia in February and March 2003 to make most of the daylight hours. Anu Hasan, daughter of producer Chandra Haasan, helped with production duties and cut costs of the team's shoot in Australia, as well leading post-production works. Ramesh Vinayagam's soundtrack for the film, which included an English folk song sung by Kamal Haasan, became a success.
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