The Tamil dubbed version serves as a time capsule of 2013, just before the Baahubali era normalized pan-Indian films. It was the last hurrah of the "dubbed film" era—where a Hindi film had to be modified, dubbed, and repackaged to find acceptance in the South, rather than being originally shot as a bilingual.

Deepika Padukone delivered one of her most memorable performances as Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram. Dubbed by a talented voice artist in Tamil, her dialogue “Oru thalai vaangi otha vecha, adhu avaloda last benchmark ah irukkum” (If she slaps you once, that’s your last benchmark) became iconic. The “hot” factor here comes from her fearless, aggressive, and passionately loyal character—a stark contrast to typical damsel-in-distress roles.