The movies Souryam and Sankham were directed by Siva .
VV Kathir who directed Jeeva starrer Thenavattu was also announced as director but Sivakumar advised Karthi to do strong characters before making a mark as action hero thus the project was dropped  The project was revived in 2010 and Siva , who directed films like Souryam and Sankham , was selected as director making his debut in tamil.  Tamannah was chosen as heroine after Paiyaa.