Director Vetrimaaran while speaking about his film Aadukalam said, “For a warrior battlefield is his playground. But for the sportsman, the playground itself is a battlefield. Life is also like that. Life is a game where we win for some time, loose for some time. Some play, some make others play. I am speaking about life which is like a chess game in the film Aadukalam. Though there is a meaning grammatically for Aadukalam, there is also another meaning for it.

Many are asking that how Dhanush fitted in this role. The hero should be uneducated and wearing a dirty lungi and shirt. Dhanush fitted this role. He has kept aside his heroism and star image to do this role. He can be seen as Karuppu instead of Dhanush. No other actors would have fitted in this role. The heroine Tapasee is a Delhi girl. When I first saw her photo, I did not like her. I thought that she will not suit for an Anglo Indian girl character.

But when I saw her personally I decided that she should be the heroine of this film. She will look different in this film. I have given importance to her role. Poet Jayabalan has lived his character in this film. Apart from this he has written a song for this film. Radha Ravi has dubbed for Jayabalan