In the epilogue, it is also revealed that Kumar served three times as an MLA and twice as the Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu. Despite his political growth, he still could not find his son. Selvi is also revealed to have conducted her second marriage with her former fiance. Two months after her marriage her husband went missing. After that Selvi has been committed to an asylum. Cast Dhanush as Kokki Kumar, a normal boy who lives in Pudhupettai and later becomes a gangster. Sonia Agarwal as Selvi, Mani's sister and Kumar’s bride. Sneha as Krishnaveni, a prostitute who works under Anbu. Kumar falls for her and later marries her despite his marriage to Selvi. Azhagam Perumal as Thamizhselvan, a politician who controls Anbu and Kumar, following the former’s death. Bala Singh as Anbu, Tamizhselvan's right hand man. Prudhvi Raj as Murthy, Tamizhselvan's and Anbu's rival who eventually becomes Kumar's main rival. Thennavan as Selvam. Munnar Ramesh as Sekhar, Kokki Kumar's father. Nitish Veera as Mani, Anbu's henchman and Kumar's best friend. Bharathi Mani as Politician Murugadoss as Anbu's henchman. Vijay Sethupathi as Anbu's henchman. Sai Dheena as Anbu's henchman. Pudhupettai Suresh as Ravi, Anbu's henchman. Jai as Anbu's henchman. Pasi Sathya as a woman who adopts Kumar's baby. Production Selvaraghavan originally intended to make a film titled Oru Naal Oru Kanavu for Lakshmi Movie Makers, but shelved the venture and continued working with the same producers and cast as the scrapped film, consisting of Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal and Sneha. The film was launched on 6 March 2005, with Aravind Krishna as its cinematographer. Selva first approached Harris Jayaraj for the movie's music, but he refused as it is not his type of genre. After his refusal, Selva finalised Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer. Selvaraghavan called the film "an experiment" and stated it had "one of the most complicated screenplays", while revealing he was more nervous about the final product than his previous ventures. It was also the first Tamil film to be shot in Super 35 mm instead of the Cinemascope format, as well as the first to be released in digital format. This film marked the first major appearance of actor Vijay Sethupathi, prior to his role in Pizza. After the release of Pattiyal whose theme was the same as Pudhupettai, Selvaraghavan wanted to redo many of the scenes to avoid unintended comparisons, resulting in the film’s