[3] Prashanth had initially been signed on to portray the lead role, but opted out post the success of Jeans (1998), and was replaced by Suriya.

[4] The débutante lead actress, Jeevitha Sharma, a fifteen-year-old at the time, was noticed by Pandian in his search for a new heroine for the film.

Pandian also opened a contest in Kumudam magazine to rename Sharma and give her a stage name to suit Tamil tastes and traditions.

[8] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "There is a new line of thinking in the core of the plot based on suspicion but the situations that go to build on that issue are inadequate.

What started as an engrossing fare slowly peters out [...] Director Indran who has written the story and screenplay runs out of ideas and meekly resorts to the comedy of Vivek and Manivannan".