Casting
After the cancellation of Chennaiyil
Oru Mazhaikkalam, originally starring Suriya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal and Daniel Balaji, Gautham Menon, keeping the male
leads the same, wanted to opt for a new heroine to begin Vaaranam
Aayiram. Deepika Padukone was signed up
and set to make her debut in Tamil films; she backed out due
to the inactivity and signed the Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om instead. Soon
after, another confirmed heroine, Andrea Jeremiah, was dropped from
the film for unknown reasons.
The
producers then announced the film with Divya Spandana, who was making her
comeback to Tamil films and Genelia D'Souza in the lead
roles. Soon after the start of the shoot, Genelia decided to walk out;
after Menon refused to pay the hefty salary that she was demanding and was receiving
in Telugu films allowing Sameera Reddy to act in her
first Tamil film. Simran Bagga signed and completed
her shoots swiftly after she was selected to portray the mother of Suriya, after Tabu had rejected
the role. TV actress Deepa Venkat and playback
singer Chinmayi dubbed for
actresses Simran Bagga and Sameera Reddy respectively.
The film has seven songs composed
by Harris Jayaraj. The songs from the albums were
released to four leading radio stations in Chennai, with one song per
station, in attempt to popularize it five days before the official launch. The
move by Sony BMG was the first of its kind in Indian cinema.
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