
After several days, he finds her and apologises. He and Ganesh end up in Kerala to look for her. A few days later, Karthik learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her grandmother. Unable to hide his feelings any longer, Karthik confesses his love for her but she does not accept. Strict father(a lawyer), and ends up angering her. Karthik tries to interact with Jessie, who is afraid of speaking to men around her Karthik falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her under her house, leaning over its white gate, a scene that has since become iconic. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian/Syrian Catholic family from Alappuzha, that lives upstairs. Karthik's family, who are Tamil Hindus, rent Jessie's ( Trisha) house.

With Ganesh's help Karthik becomes an assistant to director K. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Ganesh ( Ganesh Janardhanan). Karthik ( Silambarasan) is a Mechanical Engineering graduate in Chennai with poor results who aspires to become a filmmaker instead of an engineer. A short film/sequel titled Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn, again directed by Menon with Silambarasan and Trisha reprising their roles, was released in May 2020. It was later remade in Hindi as Ekk Deewana Tha. The film released on 26 February 2010, along with the Telugu version to advance bookings worldwide. Karthik falls in love with Jessie only to be met by her indifference and reluctance as they belong to different religions and her strict conservative family will never consent to their union.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa explores the complicated relationship between a Hindu Tamil boy, Karthik Sivakumar, and a Malayali Christian girl, Jessie Thekekuttu from Alappuzha, Kerala. Rahman, cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Anthony Gonsalves.

Before release, it became the first Tamil project to have a music soundtrack premiere outside of India, with a successful launch at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) in London. Shooting continued through 2009, with the film garnering significant media interest, through schedules in Malta and the United States. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa began its first schedule of filming in February 2009. Launched after a wave of publicity posters with no details about the cast and crew. The story was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Ye Maaya Chesave, starring Naga Chaitanya and Samantha, however, with a different cast and climax. Madan under the banner Escape Artists Motion Pictures and RS Infotainment, the film was distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Giant Movies. Jointly produced Elred Kumar, Jayaraman, VTV Ganesh and P. Will You Cross the Skies and Come) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Silambarasan and Trisha in the lead roles.
