Selva Bharathy, who had worked previously with Vijay in "Ninaithen Vandhai" and "Priyamaanavale", opted to remake the 2001 Telugu hit "Nuvvu Naaku Nachav" into Tamil with his previous film "Priyamaanavale"'s cast Vijay and Simran.But Sneha was signed on to be a part of the film after becoming one of the Tamil film industry's most sought after actresses during 2001 and 2002.