former was Viswanathan's fiancee and the latter was Ganga's husband. She framed Viswanathan for sexual harassment, as she thinks that Viswanathan is her lover Gunasekaran since he stays at the same place Gunasekaran did. By framing Vishwanathan and also framing Durga via possession, Chandramukhi planned to stop the engagement. The only way to stop Chandramukhi is to make her believe she killed Vettaiyan on Durgashtami since Saravanan impersonated Vettaiyan and disrupted one of the pujas conducted by the exorcist Ramachandra Acharya by conversing with Chandramukhi to know its wish. Before carrying out his plan, Saravanan asks Senthil to trigger Ganga to see for himself whether she turns into Chandramukhi or not. When Senthil does so, she turns into Chandramukhi, which shocks him. A worried Senthil shouts at Ganga, turning her back to normal. Akhilandeshwari overhears Saravanan's idea of self-sacrifice and apologises to him. On Durgashtami, in the dance hall, the family and Ramachandra Acharya allow Chandramukhi to burn Saravanan alive. Ramachandra Acharya then blows smoke and ash on Ganga's face when she is given a torch to burn Saravanan. Senthil then opens a trapdoor to let Saravanan escape, and an effigy of Vettaiyan gets burnt instead. Convinced that Vettaiyan is dead, Chandramukhi leaves Ganga's body, curing her. The two families are reunited after 30 years, Saravanan and Durga fall in love, and the couple Swarna and Murugesan become parents after eight years of marriage. Cast Rajinikanth as Dr. Saravanan / Vettaiyan Raja Jyothika as Ganga Senthilnathan / Chandramukhi Prabhu as Senthilnathan Vadivelu as Murugesan Nayanthara as Durga Nassar as Kandaswamy Vineeth as Viswanathan / Gunasekaran Vijayakumar as Durga's grandfather Sheela as Akhilandeswari K. R. Vijaya as Kasthuri Avinash as Ramachandra Acharya Suvarna Mathew as Swarna Murugesan Malavika as Priya Viswanathan Vinaya Prasad as Lakshmi Kandaswamy Manobala as a fake exorcist Sonu Sood as Oomaiyan Thyagu as Kumar Mohan Raj as Nair Madhan Bob as a car owner T. P. Gajendran as Senthilnathan's assistant Sudha Rani as Ganga's mother Sujibala as Kandaswamy's youngest daughter Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as the temple priest (uncredited) Sivaji Ganesan as Senthilnathan's father (uncredited, only shown in photo) Praharshitha as Bommi Director P. Vasu, producer Ramkumar Ganesan and Raj Bahaddur make guest appearances in the song "Devuda Devuda". Production Development During the success meet of Mannan (1992), Rajinikanth announced that he would act in Sivaji Productions' 50th film, which would eventually become Chandramukhi. In September 2004, Rajinikanth congratulated