The film stars R. Madhavan, Amogha and Pooja, while Kalabhavan Mani, Charle, Dhamu and Malavika Avinash also play key supporting roles.

Jagan spots her at a book store and falls for her instantly only to be beaten up by her father shortly afterwards.

Jamuna gets hold of the bill while eating Pani Puri but the money is snatched by a petty thief.

Seema gets hold of the book bought by Jamuna, who purposely leaves it at the cafe where they both met, in hopes it might reach Jagan.

The team were also ready to approach Aishwarya Rai to play the lead role, before the venture was shelved and the producer and director moved on to make a different film with the same title.

[3] The film was said to feature Mandira Bedi in the lead role, though she was later left out due to unknown reasons.

Thappu Thaalangal Sundar Raj, a popular Kannada actor, returned to the Tamil screen after a gap of 15 years, while Ceylon Manohar also too returned to acting after 23 years and played the main villain.

Reemma Sen, shot at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station with 40 models from Mumbai for a song in the film.

[5] Two further songs were picturised in Greece, with the team conducting shoots in the island of Milos and at Santornini.

[6] A week's shoot was also held at the Institute for the Dumb and Deaf at Ramavaram, while multiple locations in Kolkata were chosen to depict a sequence in the city.

[9] The film opened to mixed reviews, with Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu noting "Saran seems to have been carried away by the protracted route of the 100-rupee note and the hide and seek game between the lovers that he lets his screenplay go haywire".

[11] A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "Music, songs and Madhavan’s performance are the highlights of the movie".

[12] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote hats off to director for creating fantasy characters, but with real emotions that stick to the mind without any pretense.

What keeps the film going are Madhavan's lively performance and the numerous twists and turns that prevent the hero and heroine from meeting and uniting".

[16] The film was later dubbed and released under the same name in Telugu by producers Seetharam Reddy and Hema Babu.

[18] The audio was launched on 2 October 2003 at Sathyam Cinemas with K. Balachander and Kamal Haasan gracing the event.