On earth a naive medical student Ramya who has a crush on an academic mathematician Madhu Balakrishnan, asks him out.

While on a trip to Goa, Madhu wins Ramya's heart while her fiancé abruptly cancels the marriage citing dowry as the reason.

The son of a noble military commander, Maravan, falls in love with a working class orphan, Varna.

Varna, on the other hand, is interested in a military career though she picks and packs wild mushrooms to eke out a living.

Enemies lay siege to the kingdom and try to kidnap Amma, but intoxicated Maravan fights them off with the help of Varna, who returns from the forest.

The enemies of the kingdom capture Amma while the irate king sends Maravan for execution for illegally housing Varna.

Then an inter-planetary portal opens briefly again, and Madhu lands in another unnamed exoplanet where he finally meets his soulmate Ramya look-alike again.

[2][3] The title later was changed to Irandam Ulagam and in a turn of events, Yuvan Shankar Raja replaced Prakash Kumar as music composer.

[4][5][6][7] However, in a sensational turn, Prakash Kumar was assigned again as composer after Yuvan Shankar Raja moved out of the project.

[13] Sivakarthikeyan also briefly shot for the film in a supporting role, but was replaced by Venkatesh Harinathan after having creative differences with Selvaraghavan.

[22] Arya worked out to build a huge frame and six-pack abs to fit the muscular lead role.

The unit after shooting at Ramoji Film City moved to the holy town of Srisailam situated in Nallamala Hills of Kurnool district.

Jayaraj said that the songs would feature breezy romantic and situation based tracks as per the film's central theme.

[31] Behindwoods rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stating, "Two creative worlds collide resulting in a beautiful explosion of sounds.

The Irandam Ulagam team was categorical in clarifying that there is no rift or friction between Harris and Selva as some media reports had suggested and that the decision was made positively on a mutual agreement.

All lyrics are written by ChandraboseThe dubbed version of "Iravinil Oruvanai" composed by Anirudh was featured only in the film, and not as part of the soundtrack.

A 70-feet cut-out of Anushka was erected at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Madhapur, Hyderabad on the eve of the audio launch.

[43][44] The censor board members are reportedly in awe after watching the final product of the film which is directed by Selvaraghavan.

Apart from India, "Irandam Ulagam" will release in overseas markets including US, UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland and France[47] The advance bookings for the film, which started on Wednesday (20 November), has received a good response.

[51] The Hindu wrote, "With just a handful of movies, Selvaraghavan has announced himself a major filmmaker, and it falls on us to look at his latest venture, Irandaam Ulagam, as the (worthy) next instalment in a thematically connected oeuvre as well as a (problematic) standalone film.

[54] Sify wrote, "Irandam Ulagam is not everybody’s cup of tea, but the film is made with a lot of passion and sincerity.

[55] Rediff gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Irandam Ulagam is a visually stunning fantasy story set in an imaginary world that describes a love that transcends the human understanding of time and space.

[56] IANS gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Selva complicates a simple love story in his attempt to merge romance and fantasy genres, only to give the audience an unbearable experience.

It doesn't have the usual high amounts of action, romance, comedy and masala as a normal Kollywood film would have; though it has all of it, everything is in moderation.

[58] Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Selva needs to be commended for having chosen such a challenging theme, though he should have taken a little more care to distinguish between the behavioral traits and life styles of the inhabitants of the two worlds".

[59] Deccan Herald gave 2 out of 5 and wrote, "Irandam Ulagam, twin worlds, both of which disappoint given that the narrative makes the audience totally disoriented and disinterested in its dour, dull drama that unfolds in spectacular fashion".