 Director Ravichandran, who had delivered a commercially successful film with Prashanth through "Kannedhirey Thondrinal" (1998), was chosen to direct Manohar's next production.Hindi actress Rinke Khanna was then signed on to make her Tamil film debut in October 2000 and joined the team after her mother Dimple Kapadia was impressed with the script.Actress Rati Agnihotri also signed on to play Rinke Khanna's mother in the film, making her first appearance in a Tamil film for twenty years.