Suswagatham is based heavily on a Tamil film.
 Sarma and the brother of actor Sai Kumar, Ravi Shankar made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Durgi in 2004
 The Tamils (particularly Tamil Malaysians) formed a significant percentage of the members of the Indian National Army (INA), founded by Subhas Chandra Bose to fight the British colonial rule in India

