[2] The film opened to rave reviews for its technical expertise, avant-garde filmmaking, and for the performance of actor Prasanna.

[3] The composition of frames, selection of shots and its counter meaning in narration made Anjathe a perfect example of Tamil New Wave cinema.

As a result, Sathya is drafted into a special task force to catch the gang members related to the crime.

Kripa joins along to get money for his father's angioplasty, though he does not realize until it is too late that he is doing illegal things and harming young children.

Daya kills his own man during this raid to avoid information being passed, and hatches a plan to escape to Bihar in a poultry van.

Switching soon to a disguised-dog van to get past check-posts with the two girls, Daya, Kripa, and another accomplice arrive at a sugarcane field.

Sathya recognizes Kripa's voice from the ransom call he makes to the IG, and follows Uthra from the hospital, who has been instructed to bring a bag full of cash from their home (kept there by Daya), to the sugarcane field.

The plot to kidnap the IG's daughters is an elaborate ruse to divert the police force to the south of the city while they escape from the north.

After Mysskin had completed and released his maiden venture Chithiram Pesuthadi in 2006, he wrote the script for Nandalala for eight months, which was supposed to be his next directorial.

[8] Despite completing a photo shoot with Ravi Krishna, the film was shelved, since Ratnam opted out, after he incurred heavy losses with his previous productions.

The first lines of Kaththazha Kannaala are based on the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan rendition of the song Sanson Ki Mala Pe.