It is a remake of the 2004 Telugu film Varsham, and stars Ravi Mohan and Shriya Saran, while Vadivelu, Kalabhavan Mani and Rahul Dev play supporting roles.

The film's music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Rajesh Yadav and editing by Anthony.

Arjun (Ravi Mohan), an unemployed youngster and Deva (Rahul Dev), a powerful don, both fall in love with Sailaja (Shriya Saran), a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station.

The young lovers part ways; Sailaja becomes a leading lady in the movies, and Arjun works with his uncle (Rajesh) in a quarry as a demolition expert.

[3] The soundtrack features six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad, retaining five of the tunes from the original except for "Kuchi Karuvadu", which was based on "Kandhi Chenu Kada" from Naa Alludu (2005).

[5] Sify wrote "At best, Mazhai is a passable time pass fare if you don't care for logic and reason".

[6] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised Shriya, cinematography, sets and song picturizations but felt screenplay had lot of loopholes.