The film is produced and co-written by Kanal Kannan, who stars in the lead role, alongside Rupika Ramnath.
[1] Following the release of Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval in January 2009, Kanal Kannan met the media to announce his second acting project titled Sankarankovil in February 2009.
[4] The film's audio release event was attended by industry personalities including Vijay, Jayam Ravi and AR Murugadoss among others.
[8] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com wrote "Sankaran Kovil squeezes all the life out of you, suspends you by your eyelids and leaves you to hang dry."
[9] In contrast, a reviewer from FridayMoviez.com noted "director Palanivel Raja has made Sankaran Kovil as entertaining as possible even with an overused story line.