Produced by Sarvotham Badhami, it stars Mathrimangalam Natesa Iyer and Baby Rukmini.

The film, dealing with the issue of untouchability, opened to critical acclaim and was commercially successful.

Desa Munnetram, a film dealing with the issue of untouchability, was directed by Mahindra and produced by Sarvotham Badhami for Sagar Movietone, a Bombay-based company.

Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, a Carnatic musician, starred in the lead role of Murugan and Baby Rukmini played his eight-year-old daughter Madhavi.

[2] Desa Munnetram's soundtrack was composed by Papanasam Sivan, and the lyrics were written by A. N. Kalyanasundaram.