Kanaa is a woman-centric movie in which Aishwarya Rajesh has played the role of an Indian woman cricketer. The film received a wide range of appreciations especially from women who are involved in sports. The film carried a strong message that serves as a motivation to all the real women cricketers who are struggling to get to the place they deserve in cricket.
Sivakarthikeyan who has played the role of an ex-cricketer of Indian team, in the movie, grabbed the attention and applause of the audience in all the scenes that he appeared.
A fan of cricket has questioned Indian cricketer, Ashwin about Sivakarthikeyan's character, Nelson Dilipkumar as portrayed in the movie 'Kanaa'. The fan seemed to have believed that the Indian cricket team really had a cricketer named, Nelson Dhilipkumar. Ashwin clarified it saying, that was just a movie character and that there was no such person in the Indian cricket team before.