Susan gets Vasanthi a slot in the region's annual architectural conference, which is graced by the bigwigs of the country, and her talk on organic greenhouse farming concepts is well received by the audience.

Despite resistance and a lack of support from her husband, Vasanthi persists with her new project, which turns out to be a big success as she was able to fulfill the demand of the wedding catering order and materialise her idea.

In August 2014, it was announced that actress Jyothika would make a comeback to acting after a seven-year sabbatical by featuring in the Tamil remake of Rosshan Andrrews's Malayalam film How Old Are You (2014).

Jyothika's husband Suriya agreed to produce the venture under his production banner 2D Entertainment, while director and writer Rosshan Andrrews and Bobby Sanjay were retained from the original version.

[12][13] During the first schedule, actress Abhirami also signed on to portray a pivotal role, marking a comeback to Tamil films after an eleven-year absence.

The soundtrack album features eleven tracks, which includes three songs, five instrumentals from the original score and three karaoke numbers.

[16] The film's audio was launched on 6 April 2015, at The Leela Palace Hotel in Chennai, with the presence of actors Suriya, Karthi and Sivakumar, which was hosted by Dhivyadharshini.

[29] Sify wrote "Overall, 36 Vayadhinile is a better film than the[sic] most of the so called commercial movies and it is must watch for the family audiences who seek quality entertainment.

[30] The Times of India rated 3+1⁄2 of out 5 stars and wrote "36 Vayadhinile might be a familiar tale of women empowerment, but the issues that it deals with [..] are very valid".

[31] Rediff gave the film 3 stars and wrote "A simple yet effective script, well executed by the director, coupled with some enjoyable music, and the wonderful performance of Jyothika definitely make 36 Vayadhinile worth a watch".

[32] Manju Warrier & Jyothika made their long sabbatical break from acting in their language versions respectively and established their second innings properly from then on, with so many other bold performances.