The film has Ramya and Rakshita teaming up together for the first time, and introduces Shaam, a Tamil actor, to Kannada cinema.

[1][2] The film was produced by N. M. Suresh and based on a Tamil short story written by Kalki.

The film eventually failed to live up to the initial hype and the director's reputation at the box-office.

[5] The classical music notes that comes in the film scenes have been tuned by acclaimed violinist L.

[9] A critic from Sify opined that "Kavitha Lankesh, touted to be an intelligent director, this time falls flat with Thananam Thananam as the film lacks a new story and the film is lengthy and slow moving".