It is known that great director Maniratnam selected sexy Samantha as one of the heroines of his latest movie 'Kaadal'. Hero Karthik's son Gautham is making his debut as a hero through this movie. It is reportedly known that some of the scenes were shot on Samantha for this movie. Later, the director is said to have understood that she is no way a right choice to be as the heroine of this project, as she appeared older than hero Gautham. And subsequently, she had to be ousted from Maniratnam's project.
Veteran heroine Radha's second daughter Tulasi is being introduced as another heroine of this movie. She is the younger sister of Karthika. Aravind Swamy is doing an important role in this movie. This movie will be dubbed in Telugu as 'Kadali'. A.R.Rehaman is composing the music of this romantic entertainer. Maniratnam, himself is producing this movie.