Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Prashant, Jaya Ray, Mumtaz, Livingston, and Suhasini, Charlie". Madhesh opted against having a traditional audio cassette release function and chose to distribute the cassettes to music shops enclosed with Cadbury chocolate. The song Malai Malai was the anthem for many youth around the time of the movie's release. The music was composed by Deva and lyrics by Vaali. Venkatesh re-unite and announced a project called Petrol in 2005 but Prashanth's marital problems eventually led to delays in the director's schedule and the film remains uncompleted. After the success of the film led Prashanth and A. The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu in March 2002 with the same name and won positive reviews from critics. Thus, movie manages to make its mark with a lot difficulties." This one's a mess and what you keep wondering is why an accomplished actress like Suhasini Mani Rathnam had to make this the vehicle for one of her rare celluloid appearances." A critic from noted "The film is bubbling with youthful feelings. A critic from noted "The film tantalises in the beginning only to loose its fizz halfway through", adding "our heart goes straight out to Prashanth who despite the odds, comes up with a decent performance." Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu reviewed the film and added that "this youthful bonanza gets stretched, testing one's patience towards the end, none but the screenplay is to blame." meanwhile gave the film a negative review noting "Matters are built towards a loud, dramatic, implausible climax. The film opened to positive reviews in September 2001, after having an initial premiere at Bay Area, San Francisco. Ī fight scene was shot at Koyambedu Market Road near Chennai with 16 cameras, while scenes were shot in Japan and a song was shot on a cruise ship between Cambodia and Vietnam. For the film, Avantika was given the stagename of Jaya Re. Reemma Sen and Richa Pallod were considered to play the heroines, though their high remuneration meant that the makers signed on Avantika, a former Miss Goa pageant winner. Madhesh donated seventy five kilogrammes of chocolate to poor children, equivalent to the weight of the film's actor Prashanth. At an official launch event held soon afterwards, producer R. The film began production in January 2001 and scenes were shot at Mayajaal for three days later that month.