to watch and cheer for the university football team as well as a drinking session convinced him to pursue her seriously. He started by assembling his dream team of advisors featuring his classmates who was president of the society where Nattali was a committee member as well as setting up a weekly updates session with his long-time junior Edward, a friend of Nattali. Gajen took his time and coordinated as well as planning several coincidence to unintentionally get closer to her girl. His slowly but surely tactic bore fruit when he managed to get her on a date to get a Christmas present (although he is not a Christian). The rest from then on is history, Gajen and Nattali live happily ever after. Cast Vijayakanth as Gajendran aka Andhra Gaja Flora as Kasthuri Laya as Indhu Sarath Babu as Azhagarsamy / Azhagar Ayya Nawab Shah as Rana Rajat Bedi as Chotta Babu Seetha as Mahalakshmi Rajeev as Aravind Radha Ravi as ACP Soukath Ali Ramesh Khanna as Pazhaniappan Vinu Chakravarthy as Peedhambaram Nizhalgal Ravi as Azhagarsamy' second son-in-law Mahanadi Shankar M. S. Bhaskar as Fake patient Raj Kapoor as Rana's Henchman Lavanya Production The film was shot at locations in Rameswaram, Pushkarani, Tiruchandur, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai and Hyderabad. One of the fight scenes was picturised in the forest areas near Thalakkonam within 15 days while another fight scene was shot in the Godavari river in five days in which a stunt man lost his life in the water. Soundtrack The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 26 August 2004, features 5 tracks but only two songs are placed in the film. The lyrics written by Kabilan and Pa. Vijay. "Gaja Varanda" was reused from Deva's own Kannada song "Banda Nodamma" for Kannada film Kadamba (2003) also directed by Suresh Krishna. Release and reception The film's release was postponed for some months, producer Durai's financial troubles and Vijayakanth's controversial statements against Pattali Makkal Aatchi were said to be the reason for delays. IndiaGlitz.com described the film as a "bad remake". Sify.com said that the film is a "waste of time". Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu called it "another Vijayakanth product that deifies the hero." Visual Dasan of Kalki noted many of the Vijayakanth's dialogues have indirect political overtones while also stating the film despite being remade from a Telugu film, it heavily reminds of Baasha