Director Kumar Raj said, “I happened to attend one of her plays, I had already auditioned more than 300 girls and was in search for leading lady for a very long time”. Mightily impressed with her stage presence, Rekha was called by Kumarji at his residence she gave her audition in front of 10 people including (writer, Kumarji) out of which 9 people voted for her. After 2 hours Rekha got a call from Kumarji, saying if she would like to work in the film.
