The tamil film actor Dhanush also hailed from the neighboring village Mallingapuram.
Featuring his brother Dhanush, the film became a huge success and she was widely appreciated for her performance as Divya in the film, which brought her to limelight and fetched her several awards, including the ITFA Best New Actress Award.
Dhanush | Shiva Dhanush |
Dhanush signed the film, then titled Ennai Mattum Kadhal Pannu, soon after the success of Thulluvadho Ilamai and the venture was initially set to star Sherin, who appeared alongside him in that film.
She made a brief appearance in the 2000 film Meri Aaghosh Mein starring Shakti Kapoor, and then appeared a 2004 Tamil film Dreams starring Dhanush and Diya.
Nazriya who was then busy in Tamil with Dhanush's Naiyandi, Arya's Raja Rani and Jai's Thirumanam Ennum Nikka, had joined the sets on the first day.
The film was announced in late August 2005 with Boopathy Pandian and Dhanush coming together after a previous collaboration in Devathayai Kanden (2004).