Actress Lakshmy, who shot to fame with her performances in films like "Poi Solla Porom", "Naan Mahaan Alla" and "Yuddham Sei", has explained the decision to title her directorial debut as "Aarohanam".

She says, 'Aarohanam is a Sanskrit word, and in musical context, it denotes the ascending of the swarams in the ragas. But my film is not a musical subject. I chose to call it Aarohanam because it talks about the upswings in the lives of the protagonists.'

She adds, 'Interestingly, many of my friends told me that they didn’t understand the meaning of my title. It was surprising because though we are musically-inclined, we aren’t aware of the basics of aarohanam and avarohanam in Carnatic music.'

The film, which stars Abhinay, Viresh, Jai Guheni, Sampath, Jayaprakash, Viji, Uma Padmanaban, Rajee and Vijayasarathy, has been wrapped up.