The original actor considered for the dual roles of Vishwanathan and Ramamoorthy was Abbas , who rejected the project citing that his dates were booked for the full year of 1997 . The second choice for the lead role , Ajith Kumar , also opted out due to call sheet problems . The role eventually went to Prashanth , who sacrificed seven films in the process , and chose to work exclusively on the project during the period . Aishwarya Rai , Miss World 1994 , was the original choice for the roles of Madhumitha and Vaishnavi and collaborated with Shankar after she had been unable to work with him in his previous venture '' Indian '' . Rai 's voice was dubbed by Savitha Reddy . The supporting cast included Senthil , Nassar and Raju Sundaram , with the latter making his debut as an actor . Prominent supporting actresses Lakshmi and Geetha were signed up for the film , whilst Radhika agreed to appear in a guest appearance . Another supporting role was taken by S. Ve . Sekhar after playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam opted out of the role . Shankar wanted Goundamani to appear in a dual role , but due to the actor 's unavailability , the genre of the film was changed from comedy to romance
Miss World 1994
Miss World 1994
Jeans (film)