The film stars Sundar C, Nadhiya, Namitha and Ramya Raj, while Vivek, Lalu Alex, and Mithun Tejasvi, among others, play supporting roles.

Refusing to give in due to her sense of pride, Thangalakshmi forces Abhi and Kathhi to get marries and taunts Paalpandi by saying that she fulfilled her oath.

Initially getting off to a rocky start with her relatives on the maternal side, Abhi comes to understand Kathir's and the family's caring and loving nature.

In the climax, Kamaraj's relatives attempt to kill Thangalakshmi, and she manages to place a call to Kathiresan, who arrives at the right time and rescues her but gets stabbed by the villains in the process.

[2] However he later felt it had become clichéd due to its popularity and subsequent overuse, so he opted for Mahamagam, in reference to the festival Mahamaham which features in the story,[3] but later finalised Sandai.

[6] It includes a remix of the song "Vaadi En Kappa Kelange", composed by Ilaiyaraaja for Alaigal Oivathillai (1981), which marked the singing debut of Sundar C.[7] The dappankuthu song "Pokkirina" invokes the names of contemporary Tamil stars and their films, namely Vijay and Pokkiri (2007), Ajith Kumar and Villain (2002); Dhanush and Polladhavan (2007).

[9] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com called the film "illogical" and stated that "Just suspend all logic and reason before settling for this age-old mother-in-law/son-in-law battle movies on the lines of Poova Thalaiya and Mappillai.