ARR was extremely happy to hear the subject and thought it would be a great challenge for him as he had only done modern trendy music until then. To do a film combining folk music, successfully popularised by Illayaraja and classical carnatic music, worked upon by veterans such as M.S.Viswanathan and Mahadevan, would be a challenge not for the faint hearted! But then ARR took it up and in my opinion gave one of his best music creations till date in that genre. He kept upto his expectations and bagged many awards and appreciation from both critics and masses.

Vairamuthu the lyricist has always been my favorite. His lovely poetry always helps me picturise the scene beautifully. He bagged the National Award for his work in this film.

Amid all the musical focus, the film was essentially a love-story between a folk singer called Selvam and a bharatnatyam dancer called Abirami. Set in a beautiful rural scene, the film is very close to my heart, for you rarely come across musical subject like this as a Director.