[1][2][3][4] Tough and ruthless Police Inspector Javert recaptures a small-time criminal Kandhan who has escaped from prison.

Javert commits suicide unable to turn Kandhan in to the authorities out of his sense of gratitude.

Ezhai Padum Padu was produced by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu at Pakshiraja Studios in Coimbatore.

K. Ramnoth was hired as the director and V. Nagayya was cast as Kandan (based on Jean Valjean).

Elangovan (Thanigachalam) wrote the script for Ezhai Padum Paau based on Sudhanandha Bharathi's translation of Les Miserables.

An incensed Naidu filmed the scene (a love song sequence) using an actress (Ragini) dressed up as a man instead of Gopalakrishnan.