. ▁J y oth ika , ▁sister ▁of ▁actress ▁Nag ma ▁was ▁signed ▁on ▁to ▁make ▁her ▁T amil ▁debut ▁with ▁the ▁film , ▁although ▁Va ali ▁ended ▁up ▁re le asing ▁before ▁Rh ythm . ▁A . ▁R . ▁Rah man ▁was ▁signed ▁on ▁to ▁compose ▁the ▁music ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁ahead ▁of ▁Vid y as agar , ▁and ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁project ▁simultaneously ▁with ▁two ▁other ▁produ ctions ▁of ▁N atar aj an , ▁U dh aya ▁and ▁Sang am am . ▁P . ▁S . ▁Vin od ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁debut ▁as ▁cinemat ograph er ▁instead ▁of ▁V . ▁Man ik and an ▁, ▁while ▁the ▁team ▁also ▁cred ited ▁Arthur ▁A . ▁Wilson ▁as ▁an ▁additional ▁cinemat ograph er ▁and ▁R . ▁D . ▁Raj ase k har ▁was ▁also ▁given ▁special ▁thanks ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁card . ▁Early ▁reports ▁suggested ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁be ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Hollywood ▁film , ▁A ▁Walk ▁in ▁the ▁Cloud s , ▁but ▁this ▁proved ▁un true . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁rum oured ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁run ▁along ▁the ▁lines ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁film ▁Po ov eli , ▁and ▁this ▁had ▁also ▁caused ▁a ▁delay ▁in ▁the ▁making . ▁During ▁the ▁initial ▁stages ▁of ▁shoot , ▁Vas anth ▁considered ▁ren aming ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁P oo ▁P ook k um ▁Os ai , ▁but ▁later ▁kept ▁the ▁original ▁title . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁ 1 5 ▁days ▁schedule ▁in ▁Bomb ay