The success of Dhill prompted Vikram and Dharani to come together in 2002 for a project titled Dhool, which also went on to do become a large commercial success. Furthermore, dubbing artistes Sai Ravi and Sreeja picked up the Best Male Dubbing Artist and Best Female Dubbing Artist respectively for their work in the film. Unnikrishnan, Best Female Playback Singer for Sujatha and the Best Make-up Artist award for Nageswar Rao. The film also won the Best Male Playback Singer for P. Дhill won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for 2001 with Vidyasagar winning the Best Music Director award for his work in Dhill alongside Thavasi and Poovellam Un Vasam.

Dhill became Vikram's first success in the masala film genre and led the way for more such films in the same genre for him. Ayappa Prasad from Screen Magazine wrote that ' Dhill stands out for its convincing storyline and a good performance by Vikram who has strained a lot to be a good action hero who can also emote'. The Hindu stated that 'Vikram has the ability and potential' and that 'Vikram has once again proved that his success in Sethu was not a fluke'. The actor had to wear prosthetic make-up for the film, noting that it took over one hour to put on. The film also marked the Tamil debut of Hindi actor Ashish Vidyarthi, who has since gone on to appear in several other prominent films. Vikram often helped out during the shooting of the film by helping suggest changes to scenes. He revealed that for the film when bulking, he was on 25 egg whites and one whole cooked chicken a day and also employed a body builder to train him. To appear trim in the role of the aspiring police officer, Vikram went on a strict diet eating only fruits and drinking juice. The film was initially titled as Kanagavel after the lead character, before being renamed to Dhill.

The director had previously worked under the name of Ramani and had made the Mammootty starrer Ethirum Pudhirum in 1999. Vikram, after the success of the critically acclaimed Sethu, chose to sign on to appear in an action film directed by his Loyola College classmate Dharani. Alphonsa in an item number ( Machan Meesai).Akash as Kanagavel's brother-in-law, and Asha's brother.Rajasekhar as Subramaniam, Kanagavel's father.FEFSI Vijayan as Aadhi Bhagavan aka Adi.Nassar as Chief of Police Training Academy.Ashish Vidyarthi as Inspector Shankar, later DSP / aka Encounter Shankar.

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