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The lead role of Jeevanantham was initially offered by Vasanth to actor [[Sivakumar]]'s son Saravanan (later known as [[Suriya]]), to make his debut but he declined, citing a lack of interest in an acting career.<ref name="to" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=24 July 2002 |title=A chip off the old block |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-chip-off-the-old-block/article28376408.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104121035/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-chip-off-the-old-block/article28376408.ece |archive-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> [[Ajith Kumar]] was instead cast after Vasanth and co-producer S. Sriram saw him in a ''[[dhoti]]'' advertisement on [[Doordarshan]].<ref name="to" /> Actor [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]] dubbed Ajith's voice.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=315100913608036353|user=sureshactor|title=Yes :)|author=Suresh|author-link=Suresh (actor)|date=22 March 2013|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223052749/https://twitter.com/sureshactor/status/315100913608036353|archive-date=23 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> For the antagonist [[Major]] Madhavan, Vasanth considered [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as one of the actors but he felt the role needed someone else, he chose [[Prakash Raj]] after he was recommended by his mentor [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="Kalki interview" /><ref name="to" /> Vasanth cast [[Suvaluxmi]] as Saraswathi / Yamuna after seeing her performance in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[The Broken Journey|Uttoran]]'' and he wanted "someone who had an innocent face and could make the audience believe the gullibility of the character". Vasanth based Yamuna's father ([[Poornam Viswanathan]]) on his own father who had a tendency to trust the wrong people.<ref name="to" /> [[Film News Anandan]] filmed scenes which did not make the final cut.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srinivas Chari |first=T.K. |date=16-30 June 2011 |title=The film photographer |pages=8 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |url=http://vijeejournalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/latest-issue.pdf |access-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605114658/http://vijeejournalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/latest-issue.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>