 Simran was signed on to be a part of the film and the team began shoot as early as November 1998, with former Chief Election Commissioner of India, T. N. Seshan, also said to portray a key role.An item number was shot in 2000 with Vijay and Sophia Haque for the film.The film's delay led to Azhagam Perumal being labelled by the media as an "unlucky director", also as his first film "Mudhal Mudhalaaga" starring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor had also failed to take off.