The film stars Vijay Vasanth and Sanyathara in the lead roles while Singampuli, Ravi Mariya and Ashwin Raja among others form an ensemble cast.

[1] The project received further media attention after director N. Linguswamy chose to buy the rights of the film and distribute it under his production studio's banner, Thirrupathi Brothers.

[5] A critic from The Hindu labelled the film as "backward" and criticising the theme of portraying people with dark skin tones as inferior.

[7] A reviewer from Deccan Chronicle gave a more favourable report, saying "the director has made a good attempt with a novel idea and even sends out a strong message", but "where he errs is in its execution" and adds had "he concentrated on an interesting screenplay with few more meaningful dialogues, the film would have been an engaging fare".

[8] Sify wrote, "Over all, Jigina is yet another average venture with usual cliches but still watchable once for the strong message".