The film stars Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran, and Lal, while Raja, Suman Setty and Ganja Karuppu play supporting roles.

Sandakozhi was released on 16 December 2005 and became a major success, running for over 210 days in theatres and achieving cult status.

Balu, an engineering student studying in Chennai, visits his classmate and friend Karthik's home in Chidambaram after the final exams.

Sandakozhi was originally narrated for Vijay, but he declined the project without listening to the full script, and was replaced by Vishal.

[6] The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up for the first time with director N. Linguswamy and Vishal, was released on 25 November 2005.

[10] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote "Sandakozhi which came out without major stars and any unnecessary sentiments is a Jaikira Kozhi (winning rooster).

[2] Sandakozhi won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Best Male Character Artiste (Rajkiran) and Best Stunts (Kanal Kannan).

[15] Rajkiran from the original has been retained in the sequel, with additional new cast involving Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.