as Sathish Varma, the company manager Kevin Erik Gray as Kevin, the sales officer (one of the ten men) Ajay Rathnam as Mithran, the performance engineer (one of the ten men) Thalapathy Dinesh as Sopraj (one of the ten men) Mahanadi Shankar as Surla, the chemical expert (one of the ten men) Daljith Singh as Singh, the weapon designer (one of the ten men) Abu Salim as Abu Salim (one of the ten men) Sanjay as Sanjay (one of the ten men) Joseph as Joseph (one of the ten men) Mithran as Rishi (one of the ten men) Luka Varghese as Malik (one of the ten men) Chinni Jayanth as a police constable Manobala as Kanniyappan Dr. Rudhran as a psychiatrist doctor Karikalan as a police officer Vijay Krishnaraj as a police officer R. N. Sudarshan as Gnaneshwar's father Vinodhini as Priya Madhan Bob as Priya's husband Gopal Aravind as Aravind Omakuchi Narasimhan Gundu Kalyanam Manager Cheena as MRF Santhakumar Soundar as a dog owner Joker Thulasi as a dog owner Kavithalaya Krishnan as an auto driver Mohan Raman as Junior Vikatan editor Alphonsa in a special appearance Sridhar as dancer Production The film was launched in January 1996, but filming only commenced the following year, in January 1997. Despite signing on established crew including A. R. Rahman along with Miss Universe pageant winner Sushmita Sen and Nagarjuna an Andhra star, producer Kunjumon signed debutant Praveen Gandhi to be the director. The producer revealed that in the direction, he saw "a young man who is very talented and full of ideas who was willing to work hard." The period in between was spent with pre-production works with art director Thotta Tharani constructing a huge set in Mahabalipuram with an elaborate bungalow and swimming pool as a part of the heroine's home, as well as a huge five star hotel where the villains lived and a landing area for helicopters. To shoot the helicopter scene, another helicopter with the cameraman flew above the helicopter with the villain in it. Furthermore, Tharani created 8 sets for the song "Love Attack", with Nagarjuna and Sushmita dancing alongside 50 other dancers. The song "Mercury Pookkal Model Nilakkal" was picturised in the midst of many small aeroplanes in Bangalore. The film was shot all over India, including locations in Manali, Mumbai, Goa, Ooty, Rajasthan and Delhi, with Kunjumon making a claim during filming stages that