The feature released to negative reviews and failed at the box office compared to Cheran's previous work, Autograph.

Years later, Mahesh, son of Lenin, found his father's hidden life from reading his diary.

He describes his pain and grief over not knowing about her situation during those days, and also about his father who coaxed him to marry another girl, who is now his wife and is very understanding.

[2] In early 2002, Cheran announced that he was going to make a film titled Pokkisham and Kanika would star alongside him.

[4] Cheran then prepared to work on Pokkisham in 2004, after the release of Autograph but postponed the film after falling out with the new lead actress Meera Jasmine.

He restarted work on the film in December 2005, after completing Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005), and approached Sandhya to play the lead role.

[8] A critic from IANS wrote that "Pokkisham moves at a snail pace and is one of the drawbacks of the romance saga".