Before taking the sleeping pills she has ready, she decides to destroy her memorabilia – letters, photographs, newspaper cuttings, knick-knacks – in case they fall into the hands of the press.

This is Sen's first collaboration with Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd, the makers of Chokher Bali and Raincoat.

The screenplay of Iti Mrinalini was an assignment in the screenwriting syllabus at the Mumbai-based film school Whistling Woods International.

[5] In a Master Class on Cinema held on Fox History and Entertainment Channel, Sen commented that she had never collaborated with any film writer before the screenplay for Iti Mrinalini.

The second and third drafts were completed by August and September, respectively Somak Mukherjee acted as cinematographer, in place of Shirsha Roy who was unable to participate due to scheduling problems.

Scriptwriter Ranjan Ghosh acted as Assistant Director and took on the task of creating Mrinalini's memorabilia with help from the art department.

Sabarni Das, Sen's longtime junior colleague at the Bengali-language women's magazine Sananda, designed the costumes.

[8] One of the cult poems by Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, Smritir Shohor, was turned into a song for the film.

The shoot covered areas around Calcutta including the Vidyasagar Setu, the Howrah Bridge, Baghbazar Ghat, College Street, Favourite Cabin, Calcutta Greens, Science City, Alipore Zoo, New Market, Priya Cinema, Ganga Kutir, and a Silver Spring apartment.

The Calcutta Movieton studio at Tollygunge’s 28A Chandi Ghosh Road reopened after 25 years for Iti Mrinalini.

Iti Mrinalini's domestic premiere was in the 'Indian Frame' section at the 12th MAMI International Film Festival 2010, held in Mumbai on 27 October 2010.

The Hollywood Reporter called Iti Mrinalini "[a]n addicting shot of melodrama" with "anxious beautiful women" and "a sense that society, an entirely alien force outside those nighttime windows, is conspiring to ruin lives and despoil love".

[21] The Telegraph (Calcutta) commented that "[t]he film transcends its regional mould and presents Bengalis as part of a bigger global existence...

[22] The Indian Express wrote that "The film ends abruptly on a tragic, pessimistic, almost melodramatic note that is unlike Aparna Sen. Sen's minute eye for detail is scattered through the film, as are myriad characters of different colours who dot her life from her youth in the 1970s to the present time".

[23] Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 8.5/10, calling it "Aparna's most mature outing till date, and a marked departure from her usual style of film-making".

[citation needed] The film examines the uncertainty of life, suggesting that nothing is under our control no matter how hard we try.

The soundtrack has music composed by Debojyoti Mishra, with lyrics by Sunil Gangopadhyay, Srijit Mukherjee and Rabindranath Tagore.