When we stepped into the sets, Ganesh had just come from the village to see his uncle and more importantly his daughter. What a disappointment! They were not in the house when Ganesh entered. The watchman makes him stay in the outhouse. Ganesh did not waste the time. He readily took out the photograph of his niece (an old photograph…haaam…) and started floating in the readymade dreamland. 'I will write your name even on the wind that whiffs past me…' he crooned.

When Ganesh poured his heart out, there was screeching of brakes of a car, in the entrance and hey, uncle and Priya got down. (Uncle got down, yes. But Priya 'descended'.) Ganesh ran to the door and the entire area plunged into darkness. Blessed power-cut. 'Cut' called out the director. 

Tharun, son of Rojaramani is playing Ganesh. You would still remember him. He played the elder brother of Anjali, in Mani Ratnam's Anjali. The very same Tharun. He has already played the hero in two silver jubilee movies in Telugu. Sneha plays the role of Priya. Devan was the uncle and Balu Anand was the watchman.

Dhamu, Kunal, Amsavardhan, Preetha Vijayakumar, Malaysia Vasudevan, Vijayachandrika, 'Nizhalgal' Ravi, Vadivukkarasi, Madanbap, Vinu Chakravarthy, 'Pasi' Sathya, Mayilsami, Sabeeta Anand are also in the cast.

S. Madhi is canning the shots. Lyrics are by Kalaikumar, Pa. Vijai, Viveka, Vaali and Ravi Sankar. Art director Remi. Editing is by V. Jayakumar. Choreography - Tharunkumar - Raju Sundaram - Cool Jayant - Suchitra. Story, Screenplay and Direction by K. Shajahan. 

'You have heard of family friends,' said director Shajahan. 'But this is a story of four friends who live as a family,' he continued. 'This is a story about four friends whose lives take them in different directions at a very young age. Later they come together for different purposes. Tharun, Amsavardhan, Dhamu and Kunal are the four friends. Sneha is Tharun's pair and Preetha Vijayakumar is paired with Amsavardhan.' 'But I don't have a pair,' interrupted Dhamu. It is my job always, to bring the pairs together and get them married. Was it a lament or a mere statement of fact - only Dhamu has the answer!

Choudhry who introduced Vikraman as also his assistants K. S. Ravikumar, Rajakumaran and Lingusami, is introducing Shajahan who is also an assistant of Vikraman. 

'This will be an entertainer for all - right from six to sixty,' said Choudhry. 

Hope the citizens of the 'nation of smiles' - Punnagai Desam - will bring a happy smile on the audience too!