[2] She attended Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai until completing Class 9.
The team next picked Saranya Nag who was in Class IX, when cinematographer Vijay Milton suggested her name to Balaji Sakthivel.
[3][4] She was initially considered to play the heroine in the film, but finally the role was later handed to Sandhya, after the director felt Saranya looked too young.
[6] In 2010, she appeared in a role opposite Vishnuvardhan in the Kannada film Aptharakshaka directed by P. Vasu.
She is scheduled to appear in Tarun Gopi's forthcoming film Soodhaatam,[7] Second Innings[8] and Long Sight.