 The film, produced by G. Ramesh and G. Suresh, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was one among Deepavali releases arrived on 10 November 1996.Karunamurthy (Kitty), an honest home minister, is forced to help terrorists kill the current governor to save his daughter Priya (Lisa Ray).Nethaji (Sarath Kumar), an upright journalist, runs a newspaper called "India" and falls in love with Priya.