Bayalu Daari was the first commercial success for Anant Nag who had earlier done art films and established himself as a leading star in the Kannada cinema with a chocolate hero image.
Director S. K. Bhagavan of the Dorai–Bhagavan duo had revealed that the movie was initially planned with Rajkumar.
However, the idea was dropped because the protagonist seduces the girl before marriage which went against the veteran's star image at the time thus making it first film of the director duo without Rajkumar in the lead.
[2][3] The song "Elliruve Manava Kaaduva" was the first time a helicopter was used for filming over the Chikkamagaluru hills.
[7] The song Baanallu Neene was used in the 1977 Telugu movie Panthulamma as Sirimalle Neeve.