Saravana and Muruga are brothers whose father was duped by their uncle Sivaraman, who borrowed a large sum of money but failed to return it after his business flourished.

Their father is left in a miserable condition and the brothers are separated with Muruga growing up to become a coward and Saravana, a criminal who is arrested.

En Kelvikku Enna Bathil was directed by P. Madhavan, written by Balamurugan and produced by T. K. Gopinath under Arun Prasad Movies.

[3] Vijayakanth was initially chosen for the role of Rajinikanth's younger brother; however he was removed due to not being good at dialogue delivery.

[6] En Kelvikku Enna Bathil, like many Rajinikanth films of the late 1970s and 1980s, had metamorphosis and vengeance as its dominant narrative.