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<p>The film marked the directorial debut of Geetha Krishna in Tamil, and began as a quadrilingual venture in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam. was initially announced as the hero in the film as early as November 1997 when the film’s launch took place. Prashanth started working for the film in Kodaikanal during October 1998 but later backed out, while also refused the film due to lack of time. After several delays, was subsequently selected to play the lead role and the film was shot only in Tamil. Two debutant actresses were announced to portray the lead female roles, Menaka Senail and , though the former was later replaced by . Model Bobbu Poonai made his acting debut as the antagonist. Filming mainly took place in and around , and in , while minority of scenes were shot in and around and in . The songs were composed by and lyrics were written by . To compose the songs, Ilaiyaraaja and Geetha Krishna went on a recce to Maldives and had longlisted thirty songs for the film, before picking six. For the Telugu version, the lyrics were written by and . The song “Kadhal Neethana” later used as a background score in the 2022 film . Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “Two aspects of stand out – Ilaiyaraja’s re-recording and M. V. Paneer’s camera work. As for the rest, there isn’t much to be said”. K. N. Vijiyan of wrote the film has shades of (1996), but “the story gets a little muddled in the end”. wrote “The locales are exotic, the frames beautiful and the costume colourful. But what the film lacks is cohesive narration”. Regarding the Telugu version, Grdiddaluru Gopalrao of wrote that this is not a typical love story and also praised the music and cinematography.</p>