 The film ends with Murthy taking the blame for killing Santhosh and surrendering himself to police.The success of "Jodi" (1999) prompted director Praveen Gandhi to collaborate with Prashanth and Simran again in a project called "Star", but Simran soon dropped out and was replaced by Jyothika.After their successful association in "Ratchagan" and "Jodi", Praveen Kanth wanted Rahman to provide the music yet again, but the composer was short on time so Rahman compromised to reinvent tunes earlier composed for films like "Thakshak" and "Earth" for the project.