Aval Paavam

• Prabhukanth as Sriram
• Ritika as Thulasi
• K. Rajan
• J. Lalita
• Mohan Vaidya
• Ishari K. Ganesh

The film marked the feature film debut of director M. K. Arundhava Raja, who had earlier worked on television series.[2] K. Rajan, who had taken on the role of the president of Chennai Distributors Association during 2000, announced that he would produce Aval Paavam on a low budget.[3] Rajan's son, Prabhukanth, acted in his first lead role. He had earlier featured as the antagonist in Doubles (2000), and later worked on Ninaikkatha Naalillai (2001).[2] The lead actress, Lakshmi, took on the stage name of Ritika for the film. She head earlier appeared in a supporting role in Thalaimurai (1998) and shot for Aval Paavam alongside seven other film projects in early 2000.[4] Rajan had also signed the actress on for another project during the period, Babu Ganesh's Kudumbam Oru Koiyil starring Ramki, although the project was later dropped.[3] The film was briefly retitled as Chembaruthi Poove as the team wanted to avoid the title sounding Malayalam, but later reverted to the original title of Aval Paavam.[3]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Pradeep Ravi. The soundtrack, released in 2000 by Star Music, features six tracks.[5]

The film was released on 22 December 2000 across Tamil Nadu. A reviewer of the film from the entertainment portal ChennaiOnline compared the film's theme to K. Balachander's Arangetram (1973), where about a woman takes to prostitution to support her family, but noted that changing times meant that the topic was less of a taboo in Tamil Nadu.[2] The critic praised the film, adding "it is a well-planned screenplay and there is no attempt to preach or make it a melodrama" and that "there is no sexual exploitation of the theme to distract the viewers, though there was enough room for it."[2]