nam ▁as ▁A j ay ▁ ▁Ad ity a ▁Mad hav an ▁▁ ▁Special ▁appearances ▁ ▁Ram ya ▁Kr ish nan ▁in ▁" A iy oo ▁Path ik ich u " ▁song ▁ ▁Raj u ▁Sund aram ▁in ▁" A iy oo ▁Path ik ich u " ▁song ▁ ▁Sh ank ar ▁Mah ade van ▁ ▁in ▁" Th ani ye " ▁song ▁ ▁Nag endra ▁Pr as ad ▁in ▁" Th ani ye " ▁song ▁ ▁Sh obi ▁in ▁" Th ani ye " ▁song ▁ ▁D ines h ▁ ▁in ▁" Th ani ye " ▁song ▁ ▁S rid har ▁in ▁" Th ani ye " ▁song ▁ ▁An ant ▁Mah ade van ▁ ▁as ▁the ▁temple ▁priest ▁in ▁M umb ai ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁announced ▁with ▁pre - release ▁still s ▁in ▁websites ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁the ▁movie ▁was ▁four ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁making , ▁a ▁fairly ▁long ▁production ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁Indian ▁film ▁industry . ▁The ▁film ▁began ▁with ▁Ar v ind ▁Sw amy ▁expected ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁lead ▁role , ▁but ▁later ▁back ed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁project . ▁The ▁final ▁cast ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁included ▁two ▁leading ▁stars ▁of ▁T amil ▁cinema ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁Ar j un ▁and ▁Me ena , ▁and ▁their ▁director ▁Vas anth , ▁who ▁also ▁car ved ▁a ▁n iche ▁for ▁himself ▁in ▁the ▁cinema ▁world ▁known ▁for ▁off be at , ▁character - based ▁story lines ▁at ▁the ▁time