For Dhanush, 2005 was a bad year. No hits at all. If there was a hit in his life, it was his marriage to Aishwarya, the superstar's daughter.
Pudhupettai is the first movie that Dhanush accepted after he became the Superstar’s son-in-law. Athu oru kana kalam and Devathai Kandain were movies he had accepted before his marriage.

It becomes all the more important for him to prove his caliber in his capacity as Rajini’s son-in-law. Selvaraghavan, has been giving his best to lift the sagging career of his brother.
Yuvan Shankar Raja is scoring the music of the movie. With five songs and five theme scores, the sale of audio cassette release recently is picking up on the market. Yuvan has employeed a 130 member Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and has used varied Thai wind instruments such as Khim and southuu. “As my film is on real-life gansters, we wanted the music to be different. Yuvan has tried out something new which creates the right mood for the film.” adds Selvaraghavan.