Drummer Sivamani is making his debut as a music director in the film.
He was also a childhood friend of Rahman, and played along with Rahman, Sivamani, Jojo etc.
The project materialised in October 2013, with producer S. Thanu revealing that Atharvaa and Catherine Tresa were signed on by his production house to feature in a film directed by Santhosh, with music by Drums Sivamani and camera work by Arvind Krishna.
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Balabhaskar has performed with many noted musicians and instrumentalists in India and abroad, including Ustad Zakhir Hussain, Sivamani, Louiz Banks, Vikku Vinayakram, Hariharan, Mattannur Sankarankutty, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi, and so on.
Their neighbors are Chris (Thomas Jane) a Caucasian American, and Ronald (Sivamani), an African American.
Samjanitha featuring Debashish Bhattacharya (Lap Steel Guitar), John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Sivamani, Vikku Vinaykram, Dominique Piazza George Brook, U Rajesh, Anil Srinivasan and others.